Species Lumiconger arafura Castle & Paxton, 1984

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• Lumiconger arafura Castle, P.H.J. & Paxton, J.R. 1984. A new genus and species of luminescent eel (Pisces : Congridae) from the Arafura Sea, Northern Australia. Copeia 1984(1): 72-81 figs 1-6 [73, figs 1-6].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM S.10031–003 (male), north of Smith Point, off Cobourg Peninsula, NT, 27m [12°58'S, 132°10'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.19289–004, Arafura Sea, NT, 59m [10°27.5'S, 136°47.0'E]; AM I.19290–002 (male), Arafura Sea, NT, 59m [10°26.0'S, 136°25.8'E]; AM I.19293–001 cleared & stained (female), Arafura Sea, NT, 64m [10°15.2'S, 136°07.3'E]; NTM S.10031–148 (female), north of Smith Point, off Cobourg Peninsula, NT, 27m [12°58'S, 132°10'E]; CSIRO CA 2879 (female), Bonaparte Basin, WA/NT [12°34'S, 128°27'E]; NTM S.259, 5km off Jones Shoal, north of Coburg Peninsula, NT [10°53'S, 132°17'E].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North of Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, WA (12°35'S, 128°26'E) to north of Groote Eylandt, NT (13°16'S, 136°51'E); tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

27-152 m

 

General References

Hoese, D.F. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Congridae. pp. 287-297 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. [296]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [17]

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. [142]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [60]

 

Common Name References

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [60] (Black Conger-eel)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [19] (Luminous Conger)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	04-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
23-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	23-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED