Species Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi Cohen & Rohr, 1993

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• Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi Cohen, D.M. & Rohr, B.A. 1993. Description of a giant circumglobal Lamprogrammus species (Pisces: Ophidiidae). Copeia 1993(2): 470-475 figs 1-2 [470, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype SIO 72-163, off Antofagasta, Chile, 0-1000m [23°39.5´S, 72°43´W].
  Paratype(s) AM I.22818-008, 250km NW of Port Hedland, WA, 0-800m [18°27'S, 116°33'E]; USNM 323202, off French Guiana-Suriname, 0-699m [7°41'N, 53°35'W]; ZMMU P-18000, off Angola, 0-1200m [10°44.7'S, 13°5.1'E].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Port Hedland, WA; tropical, temperate, discontinuous (Chile, Atlantic).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, mesopelagic.

 

General References

Fahay, M.P. & Nielsen, J.G. 2003. Ontogenetic evidence supporting a relationship between Brotulotaenia and Lamprogrammus (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) based on the morphology of exterilium and rubaniform larvae. Ichthyological Research 50(3): 209-220 [211]

Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Ophidiidae. pp. 556-566 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. [562]

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp. [72]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Scaleline Cusk)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jun-2015	OPHIDIIFORMES	18-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED