Species Neoachiropsetta milfordi (Penrith, 1965)
Armless Deepsea Flounder, Armless Flounder
- Mancopsetta milfordi Penrith, M.J. 1965. A new species of flat fish, Mancopsetta milfordi, from South Africa, with notes on the genus Mancopsetta. Annals of the South African Museum 48(7): 181-188 figs 1-2 1 pl [181, figs. 1-2, pl. 3].
Type data:
Holotype SAM 24041, west of Cape Town, South Africa.
Generic Combinations
- Neoachiropsetta milfordi (Penrith, 1965). —
Kotlyar, A.N. 1978. A contribution to the systematics of the 'armless' flounders (Pisces: Bothidae) from southwestern Atlantic. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 18(5): 799-813 [english translation in J. Ichthyol. 18(5): 708–721] [809] (changed combination as type of genus Neoachiropsetta)
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
South of Bruny Island (44°08'S, 147°16'E) to west of Arthur River (41°06'S, 143°50'E), TAS, also off Macquarie Island (54°36, 158°44'E); temperate, southern circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Macquarie Island Province (24), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
800–1440 m.
General References
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] [413]
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. 2000. Family Achiropsettidae and its position in the taxonomic and ecological classifications of Pleuronectiformes. Journal of Ichthyology 40(Suppl. 1): 110-138 [110]
Heemstra, P.C. 1990. Achiropsettidae, southern flounders. pp. 408-413, figs 1-5 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [412] (as Mancopsetta milfordi)
Hensley, D.A. 1986. Family No. 269: Bothidae. pp. 854-863 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [860] (as Mancopsetta milfordi)
Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Achiropsettidae. pp. 1824-1825 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. [1825] (as Mancopsetta milfordi)
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Armless Deepsea Flounder)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [107] (Armless Flounder)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2015 | PLEURONECTOIDEI | 19-Jun-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |