Species Lestidiops indopacificus (Ege, 1953)

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• Lestidium indopacificum Ege, V. 1953. Paralepididae I (Paralepis and Lestidium). Taxonomy, ontogeny, phylogeny and distribution. Dana Reports 40: 1-184 figs 1-33 [120, figs 26, 30-31].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC P.2329237, off India [01°45´N, 73°03´E].
  Paratype(s) ZMUC P.2331008-22.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Lestidiops indopacifica (Ege, 1953) [mispelling of species name as genus is apparently masculine]. —
  Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Paralepididae. pp. 490-494 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. [492]
• Lestidiops pacifica (Parr, 1931) [misidentification]. —
  Glover, C.J.M. 1994. Families Paralepididae, Alepisauridae. pp. 271-275 figs 242-245 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [271]

 

Introduction

The group is in need of revision and the names used here are tentative. The two species from Australia have been confused and previous identifications are uncertain. Most records are based on juveniles with only two known adult specimens reported by Ho & Lin (2023) and records of this species from Australia could well represent another species.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Off northern NSW, eastern and southern TAS and SA; tropical, temperate, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

 

General References

Glover, C.J.M. 1994. Families Paralepididae, Alepisauridae. pp. 271-275 figs 242-245 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [271] (as Lestidiops pacifica)

Ho, H.-C. & Lin, T.-Y. 2023. Adult morphology and redescription of Lestidiops indopacificus (Ege, 1953), with comments on the features of related species (Teleostei, Aulopiformes, Paralepididae). ZooKeys 1160: 109-124

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Paralepididae. pp. 490-494 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. [492]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [246]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [37] (436)

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Indo-Pacific Barracudina)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024	ALEPISAUROIDEI	04-Apr-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)
22-Dec-2016	AULOPIFORMES	12-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED