Species Optivus agastos Gomon, 2004
Violet Roughy, Slender Roughy
- Optivus agastos Gomon, M.F. 2004. Two new species of roughy (Trachichthyidae: Optivus) from coastal waters of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 173-178 [174, figs 1-2].
Type data:
Holotype NMV A.24972-001, Cape Wellington, Wilsons Promontory, VIC [39°04.1'S, 146°28.6'E].
Paratype(s) AM I.30408-007; AM I.31476-005; CSIRO H.3509-01; CSIRO H.3989-02; CSIRO T.1922; NMV A.2737; NMV A.3207; NMV A.24972-002; QM I.29706; QM I.32705; WAM P.25739-007; WAM P.28843-001.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Optivus sp. 1. —
May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [220]
Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Trachichthyidae, Monocentridae. pp. 399-412 figs 358-369 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [406] - Optivus elongatus (Günther, 1859) [misidentification]. —
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [71] (550)
Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [159] (in part, Australia and Lord Howe Island only) - Hoplostethus elongatus (Günther, 1859) [misidentification]. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1923. Notes on fishes from Australia and Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 14(1): 1-17 pls 1-3 [14]
Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 [387]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Noosa, QLD to Port Phillip Bay, VIC and Freycinet, TAS and Lord Howe Island; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [312]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, inshore, rock reef, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
1–146 m.
General References
Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Trachichthyidae. pp. 420-430 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [426]
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [58] (as Optivus elongatus)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [132] (as Hoplostethus elongatus)
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. [365] (as Optivus n.sp.)
Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray, M.F. Gomon & D.F. Hoese 2006. Trachichthyidae. pp. 767-772 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. [770]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (as Optivus elongatus)
Common Name References
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [58] (Violet Roughy, Slender Roughy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2016 | BERYCIFORMES | 07-Dec-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |