Species Macrourus carinatus (Günther, 1878)

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• Coryphaenoides carinatus Günther, A. 1878. Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 2(2, 22, 28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251 [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.12.7.89, near Prince Edward Island, 500 fathoms.

 

Generic Combinations

• Macrourus carinatus (Günther, 1878). —
  Trunov, I.A. & Konstantinov, V.V. 1986. Macrourus carinatus (Günther, 1878) and M. holotrachys Günther (Macrouridae) as separate species. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 153: 125-135 [in Russian] [125]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Off Cape Sorell (42°15´S, 144°39´E) to south-west of King Island (40°42´S, 143°29´E), TAS, also South Tasman Rise and Macquarie Island; possibly Heard and McDonald Islands; temperate, southern circumglobal (largely subantarctic).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Macquarie Island Province (24), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

950 -1124 m

 

General References

Bray, D.J., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Macrouridae. pp. 581-607 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. [599]

Iwamoto, T. 1990. Family Macrouridae. pp. 90-318 in Cohen, D.M., Inada, T., Iwamoto, T. & Scialabba, N. FAO Species Catalogue. Gadiform fishes of the world (order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 10 442 pp. [236]

Iwamoto, T. 1990. Macrouridae. pp. 192-206 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [202-203]

McMillan, P., Iwamoto, T., Stewart, A. & Smith, P.J. 2012. A new species of grenadier, genus Macrourus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the southern hemisphere and a revision of the genus. Zootaxa 3165: 1-24

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. 1995. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesberg : Macmillan South Africa 3rd Impression, i-xxxi + 1047 pp., 144 pls. [ix]

 

Common Name References

FAO-FIES 2017. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Ridge Scaled Rattail)

McMillan, P.J. & Iwamoto, T. 2015. Families Macrouridae, Bathygadidae, Macrouroididae, Trachyrincidae. pp. 747-838 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152. [814] (Carinate Rattail)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [29] (Ridgescale Whiptail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Jul-2018	MACROURIDAE	16-May-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
26-Nov-2015	GADIFORMES	14-Sep-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED