Species Lestidiops mirabilis Ege, 1933
Strange Pike Smelt
- Lestidiops mirabilis Ege, V. 1933. On some new fishes of the families Sudidae and Stomiatidae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 94: 223-236 [228].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC (lost), Dana station 3683, Sulawesi Sea, western Pacific [4°03'N, 123°26'E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Based on a specimen in the Australian Museum, recorded by Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola (1984) south of Java so possibly also off NW Australia: tropical, Indo-Pacific (possibly circumglobal)
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12)
Distribution References
- Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.
- 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 [118]
General References
Ho, H.-C. and Huang, C.-H. 2022. First adult record of the barracudina Lestidiops extremus (Ege, 1953), based on a specimen from the Philippines (Teleostei: Paralepididae). Zootaxa 5195: 579-584 [580] (Comparative material)
Common Name References
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 [118] (Strange Pike Smelt)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEPISAUROIDEI | 09-Jan-2024 | ADDED | Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS) |