Species Nessorhamphus danae Schmidt, 1931

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• Nessorhamphus danae Schmidt, J. 1931. Oceanographical expedition of the Dana, 1928–1930. Nature (London) 127(3204): 487-490 figs 4-6 [487, fig. 4] [as Nessorhamphus Danae].

  Type data:

   Lectotype whereabouts unknown, west of Sumatra, Indonesia.
  Paralectotype(s) whereabouts unknown.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Karmovskaya, E.S. 1985. Mesopelagic eels of family Derichthyidae (Anguilliformes). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 25(6): 883-898 [896].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Off Broken Bay (33º28´S, 152°33'E) to off Sydney Heads (33°53'S, 152°02'E), NSW; tropical, temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

1000-3000 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 [353]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Derichthyidae. pp. 280-281 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. [281]

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. [124]

Robins, C.H. & Robins, C.R. 1989. Family Derichthyidae. pp. 420-431 in Böhlke, E.B. (ed.). Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. New Haven : The Sears Foundation of Marine Research, Yale University Pt 9 Vol. 1 655 pp. [430]

Smith, D.G. 1999. Families Colocongridae, Derichthyidae, Muraenesocidae, Nemichtyhyidae, Congridae, Nettastomatidae, Serrivomeridae, Cyematidae, Saccopharyngidae, Eurypharyngidae, Monognathidae. pp. 1670-1697 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. [1672]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Dana Duckbill Eel)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [20] (Dana Duckbill Eel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	07-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
24-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	24-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
27-Jul-2016		18-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED