Species Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther, 1881

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Species Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther, 1881

Limp Eelpout

Compiler and date details

15 May 2012 - Dianne J. Bray, John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates & Douglass F. Hoese

20 December 2006 - John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates & Douglass F. Hoese

Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther, A. 1881. Account of the zoological collections made during the survey of H.M.S. Alert in the Straits of Magellan and on the coast of Patagonia. III. Reptiles, batrachians and fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 18-22 pls 1-2 [21, pl. 2(A)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1880.7.28.4 (or 28.7), Tilly Bay, Straits of Magellan, Chile, 24 fathoms.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Off the west coast of TAS, north of St Helens (41°S, 148°E); temperate, southern circumglobal.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

740-1030 m

General References

Anderson, M.E. 1986. Order Zoarciformes. pp. 342-343 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [343]

Anderson, M.E. 1994. Systematics and osteology of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 60: 1-120 [119]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Zoarcidae. pp. 963-964 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. [964]

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.

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Web 2004. Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary., Fishbase) (Limp Eelpout)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-May-2013		15-May-2013	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED

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