Species Mancopsetta maculata (Günther, 1880)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mancopsetta maculata Günther, A. 1880. Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H.M.S Challenger, in the years 1872–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 1(6): 1-82 pls 1-32 [18, Pl.30 (fig.C)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1879.5.14.90, off Prince Edward Island, southern Indian Ocean, 310 fathoms.

 

Generic Combinations

• Mancopsetta maculata (Günther, 1880). —
  Gill, T.N. 1881. Pleuronectids without pectorals. Smithsonian Institution. Annual Report 1880: 372 [372] (changed combination with introduction of name Mancopsetta)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Island (54°36'S, 158°44'E), Heard and MacDonald Islands (53°11'S, 74°46'E), and off Mawson (62°04'S, 66°20'E) to off Wilkes Land (64°20'S, 121°08'E), Australian Antarctic Territroy; sub-Antarctic to Antarctic, Southern Ocean

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

100-1115m

 

General References

Evseenko, S.A. 1990. On the taxonomic state of the "armless" flounder Achiropsetta slavae (Achiropsettidae). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 30(5): 773-783 [In Russian. English translation in Journal of Ichthyology v. 31 (no. 1):44-56] [780]

Evseenko, S.A. 1996. Early development stages of the Southern Ocean flounders (family Achiropsettidae). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 36(3): 411-415 [In Russian. English translation in Journal of Ichthyology 36 (4): 345-349] [411]

Evseenko, S.A. 1996. Ontogeny and relationships of the flatfishes of the Southern Ocean (Achiropsettidae, Pleuronectoidei). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 36(6): 725-752 [in Russian, translated in Journal of Ichthyology 36(9): 687-712] [726]

Evseenko, S.A. 1997. Revision of flounders of the genus Mancopsetta Gill, 1881 (Achiropsettidae, Pleuronectiformes) from the Southern Ocean. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 37(4): 444-464 [In Russian. English translation in Journal of Ichthyology v. 37 (no. 6):411-430] [450]

Evseenko, S.A. 2000. Family Achiropsettidae and its position in the taxonomic and ecological classifications of Pleuronectiformes. Journal of Ichthyology 40(Suppl. 1): 110-138 [114]

Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1990. Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [410]

Miller, R.G. 1993. History and Atlas of the Fishes of the Antarctic Ocean. Carson City, Nevada : Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies i-xx + 792 pp. [686]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	PLEURONECTOIDEI	06-Feb-2012	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)