Species Ostracoberyx paxtoni Quéro & Ozouf-Costaz, 1991

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• Ostracoberyx paxtoni Quéro, J.-C. & Ozouf-Costaz, C. 1991. Ostracoberyx paxtoni, nouvelle espèce des côtes est de l'Australie, remarques sur les modifications morphologiques des Ostracoberyx au cours de leur croissance (Perciformes, Ostracoberycidae). Cybium 15(1): 43-54 figs 1-10 [44, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.21777-001, off southern QLD [28°06´S, 153°58´E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.17864-002; AM I.19378-002; AM I.20118-005; AM I.21777-012; AM I.24561-001; AM I.27683-002; AM I.29296-001.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Ostracoberyx sp. —
  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. [487]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Off Coolangatta, QLD (28ºS) to off Greenwell Point, NSW (35ºS); temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

360–512 m.

 

General References

Carpenter, K.E. 1999. Family Ostracoberycidae. pp. 2551-2552 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2790]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-Nov-2012		09-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED