Species Neobythites longipes Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

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• Neobythites longipes 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 [139, pl. 7(1)].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 74126, near Jolo, Philippines, 258 fathoms [6°02´00"N, 120°44´40"E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1939.4.1.10 ♂ (Ex. USNM), off Jolo, Philippines, 481m [6°1'15"N, 120°44'20"E]; USNM 99069, Simaluc Island, North of Tawi Tawi, Philippines.; USNM 99073 ♀, Vicinity of Darvel Bay, Sibutu Island, Borneo, 296m [4°52'45"N, 119°6'45"E]; USNM 99089, Mt. Dromedario, north of Tawi Tawi, Philippines; USNM 99091, Jolo Lt., Jolo Island and vicinity, Sulu, Philippines.; USNM 99204, Hermanos Island, off Northern Luzon, Philippines.; USNM 99229, Dammi Island, Between Jolo and Wawi Tawi, Sulu, Philippines; USNM 99236, Jolo Lt., Jolo Island and vicinity, Sulu, Philippines.; USNM 99092 2 specimens, Dammi Island, Between Jolo and Wawi Tawi, Sulu, Philippines; USNM 99070 2 specimens, Dammi Island, Between Jolo and Wawi Tawi, Sulu, Philippines
  Comment: These paratypes are not listed in the original publication (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913) but were collected at the same time as the holotype and registered as paratypes in the USNM catalogue.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Neobythites longiceps Nielsen, 2002 [species name misspelled as longiceps rather than longipes]. —
  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]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North of Glomar Shoals (18°46'S, 117°00'E) to off Cartier Reef, Timor Sea; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

150-481m

 

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. [563]

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. 2002. Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of Neobythites (Teleostei, Ophidiidae), with 15 new species. Galathea Report 19: 5-104 91 figs [38]

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. [82]

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] (As Neobythites longiceps)

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [313]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jun-2015	OPHIDIIFORMES	12-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED