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), also off Macquarie Island; temperate, southern circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Macquarie Island Province (24)
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]
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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-May-2013 | 16-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |