• Monomitopus Alcock, A.W. 1890. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, Commander R.F. Hoskyn R.N., commanding. — No. 18. On the bathybial fishes of the Arabian Sea, obtained during season 1889–90. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 6(34): 295-311 [297].

  Type species:

   Sirembo nigripinnis Alcock, 1889 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Cohen, D.M. & Nielsen, J.G. 1978. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 417: 1-72 figs 1-103 [35]

Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Ophidiidae. pp. 556-566 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. [562]

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp. [49, 76]

Nielsen, J.G. & Cohen, D.M. 1986. Family No. 96: Ophidiidae. pp. 345-350 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [349]

Nielsen. J.G. 1999. Families Carapidae, Ophidiidae, Bythitidae, Aphionidae. pp. 1978-1985 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1981]

History of changes

• Monomeropus garmani Smith, H.M. & Radcliffe, L. in Radcliffe, L. 1913. Descriptions of seven new genera and thirty-one new species of fishes of the families Brotulidae and Carapidae from the Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1948): 135-176 pls 7-17 [151, pl. 10(1)].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 74135, Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 678 fathoms. [0°36'00"S, 122°01'00"E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1939.4.1.8 (ex. USNM); USNM 99102 (2 specimens), Mareh Island, Molucca Passage, Indonesia; USNM 99108, Buton Strait, Indonesia; USNM 99112, Buka Buka Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes, Indonesia; USNM 99260 (6 specimens), Mareh Island, Molucca Passage, Indonesia; USNM 99104 (2 specimens), Buton Strait, Indonesia; USNM 99103 (2 specimens), Buton Strait, Indonesia
  Comment: Paratype numbers and locations are not specified in the original publication (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913).

Generic Combinations

• Monomitopus garmani (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913). —
  Cohen, D.M. & Nielsen, J.G. 1978. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 417: 1-72 figs 1-103 [35]
  Carter, H. J. & Cohen, D.M. 1985. Monomitopus magnus, a new species of deep-sea fish (Ophidiidae) from the western North Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science 36(1): 86-95 [86]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Based on specimens in CSIRO from Queensland Plateau (17°27-30'S); tropical, west Pacific.

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

822–1220 m.

General References

Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) Neue Serie 4: 341-463 [366]

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp. [78]

Nielsen. J.G. 1999. Families Carapidae, Ophidiidae, Bythitidae, Aphionidae. pp. 1978-1985 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1981]

History of changes

• Selachophidium vitiazi Nielsen, J.G. 1971. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen des FFS 'Walther Herwig' nach Südamerika. 16. Redescription of the genus Selachophidium (Pisces, Brotulidae) with two new species. Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft 22(1): 17-33 [30, fig. 13] [as S. vitiazi an incorrect spelling of the ship Vityaz, but that is not obvious from original description].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIL 39767, off WA, eastern Indian Ocean, 834m. [23°57´S, 112°14´E].

Generic Combinations

• Monomitopus vitiazi (Nielsen, 1971). —
  Cohen, D.M. & Nielsen, J.G. 1978. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 417: 1-72 figs 1-103 [35]
  Carter, H. J. & Cohen, D.M. 1985. Monomitopus magnus, a new species of deep-sea fish (Ophidiidae) from the western North Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science 36(1): 86-95 [86]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West of Shark Bay and North West Shelf, WA and east of Cape York, QLD; east Indo-west Pacific, tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

General References

Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Ophidiidae. pp. 556-566 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. [562]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [23]

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp. [78] (As Monomitopus vityazi)

Common Name References

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

History of changes