Species Holcomycteronus brucei (Dollo, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neobythites brucei Dollo, 1906.

  Type data:

   Holotype NMSZ 1921.143.0484, Weddell Sea, Antarctic, depth 2500 fathoms [67°33'S, 36°35'W].

 

Generic Combinations

• Holcomycteronus brucei (Dollo, 1906). —
  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 [32]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Off southern Tasmania (45º33'S, 147º18'E); circumglobal (Antarctic and Southern Ocean), .

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deep sea.

Extra Ecological Information

2,840–3,001 m

 

General References

Anderson, M.E. & Stein, D.L. 2006. Redescription of the rare ophidioid fish, Holcomycteronus brucei, from two new specimens from the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology 29: 640-642

Nielsen, J.G. 1990. Ophidiidae. In, Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [207]

Nielsen, J.G. 1999. A review of the genus Neobythites (Pisces, Ophidiidae) in the Atlantic, with three new species. Bulletin of Marine Science 64(2): 335-372 [336]

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. [68]

Nielsen, J.G., King, N.D. & Møller, P.R. 2008. Rare abyssal, ophidiid fishes from off the Crozet Islands, Southern Ocean, with a new species of Apagesoma Carter, 1983. Cybium 32(1): 43-50

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	OPHIDIIFORMES	09-Oct-2012	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)