Species Labichthys yanoi (Mead & Rubinoff, 1966)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Avocettinops yanoi Mead, G.W. & Rubinoff, I. 1966. Avocettinops yanoi, a new nemichthyid eel from the southern Indian Ocean. Breviora. Museum of Comparative Zoology 241: 1-6 [1, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 44404, southern Indian Ocean [28°05'S, 64°58'E to 28°28'S, 65°04'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Labichthys yanoi (Mead & Rubinoff, 1966). —
  Bertelsen, E., Nielsen, J.G. & Smith, D.G. 1989. Suborder Saccopharyngoidei. pp. 636-655 in Böhlke, E.B. (ed.). Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1: 1-655 [451] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Off TAS (40-43°S, 144-148°E); Tropical, temperate, southern Indian and apparently widespread in southern Ocean, at least Indian and south-west Pacific Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Macquarie Island Province (24)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

800-3800 m

 

General References

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Nemichthyidae. pp. 284-286 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [285]

Smith, D.G. & Nielsen, J.G. 1989. Family Nemichthyidae pp. 441–459 in Böhlke, E.B. (ed.) Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ., Part 9. 1-6555 pp. [450]

Smith, D.G. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Families Derichthyidae, Nemichthyidae, Congridae, Nettastomatidae, Serrivomeridae. pp. 259-290 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [266]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Yano's Snipe Eel)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [20] (Yano's Snipe Eel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	30-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
24-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	24-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED