Species Leptochilichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886)
Vaillant's Smooth-head, Vaillant's Smoothhead
- Anomalopterus pinguis Vaillant, L.L. 1886. Considérations sur les poissons des grandes profondeurs, en particulier sur ceux qui appartiennent au sous-ordre des Abdominales. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 103: 1237-1239 [1239].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 1885-168 (depth 1400 m), off Cape Blanc [Blanco], Morocco.
Generic Combinations
- Anomalopterichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886). —
Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Nomenclator Zoologicus and some new fish names. Australian Naturalist 10(7): 241-243 [242] (changed combination with generic replacement name Anomalopterichthys) - Leptochilichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886). —
Sazonov, Y.I. & Ivanov, A.N. 1980. Slickheads (Alepocephalidae and Leptochilichthyidae) from thalassobathyal zone of the Indian Ocean. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 110: 7-104 figs 1-25 [in Russian] [12] (changed combination cited)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Recorded from the Arafura Sea just north of Australian EEZ; tropical, circumglobal
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope, marine, mesopelagic.
General References
Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Alepocephalidae. pp. 384-393 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. [389]
Machida, Y. & Shiogaki, M. 1988. Leptochilichthys microlepis, a new species of the family Leptochilichthyidae, Salmoniformes, from Aomori, northern Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 35(1): 1-6 [1] (report of a specimen from the Arafura Sea)
Sazonov, Y.I. & Markle, D.F. 1999. Family Alepocephalidae. pp. 1888-1893 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1893]
Sazonov, Y.I. & Williams, A. 2001. A review of the alepocephalid fishes (Argentiniformes, Alepocephalidae) from the continental slope of Australia: Part I. Journal of Ichthyology 41(suppl. 1): 1-36 [6]
Common Name References
Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase, FAO) (Vaillant's Smooth-head)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2016 | ARGENTINIFORMES | 20-May-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 06-Jun-2016 | 13-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |