Species Lipogenys gillii Goode & Bean, 1895

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• Lipogenys gillii Goode, G.B. & Bean, T.H. 1895. A revision of the order Heteromi, deep-sea fishes, with a description of the new generic types Macdonaldia and Lipogenys. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 17(1013): 455-470 pl. 18 [469, pl. 18(fig. 3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 39212, western Atlantic [37°46´30"N, 73°56´30"W].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Lipogenys sp. —
  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. [149]

 

Introduction

Lipogenys gillii is sometimes placed in the family Lipogenyidae.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

East of Newcastle (32°57'S, 152°48'E) to SE of Kiama (34°49'S, 151°17'E), NSW, and southern TAS (44°18'S, 147°16'E), and the Lord Howe Plateau, Tasman Sea; temperate, discontinuous (Japan, Hawaii, Atlantic and New Zealand).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

600–2000 m.

 

General References

McDowell, S.B. 1973. Suborder Notacanthoidei, family Lipogenyidae. In, Cohen, D.M. (ed.) Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1(6): 208-228 fig. 17 [224]

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. [149] (as Lipogenys sp.)

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Notacanthidae. pp. 232-233 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. [232]

Smith, D.G. 1999. Families Halosauridae, Notacanthidae, Lipogenyidae, Anguillidae, Moringuidae, Chlopsidae, Myrocongridae. pp. 1625-1642 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. [1629]

Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. 2015. Families Halosauridae, Notacanthidae. pp. 206-217 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [212]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spiny Sucker Eel)

Smith, D.G. 1999. Families Halosauridae, Notacanthidae, Lipogenyidae, Anguillidae, Moringuidae, Chlopsidae, Myrocongridae. pp. 1625-1642 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. [1629] (Spiny Sucker Eel)

Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. 2015. Families Halosauridae, Notacanthidae. pp. 206-217 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [212] (Tapirfish)

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] (Spiny Sucker Eel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	17-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
27-Jul-2016	NOTACANTHIFORMES	19-May-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		26-Jul-2010	MODIFIED