Species Monomitopus garmani (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)

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• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jun-2015	OPHIDIIFORMES	18-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED