Family PLATYTROCTIDAE
Tubeshoulders
Compiler and date details
6 February 2016 - Dianne J. Bray, John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates, Douglass F. Hoese & Matthew M. Lockett
13 December 2014 - Dianne J. Bray, John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates & Douglass F. Hoese
20 December 2006 - Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F.
Introduction
Currently, 40 species in 14 genera are recognised in the Platytroctidae (Eschmeyer & Fong 2014); seven species in five genera are known from Australian waters.
Tubeshoulders are meso-, bathy- and benthopelagic in all oceans. Although very similar to alepocephalids, they differ in having a shoulder organ that produces luminous fluid that can be ejected. Some species have head and body photophores. Maximum length recorded is 30 cm.
The platytroctids were revised by Parr (1960) and Matsui & Rosenblatt (1987). Studies by Sazonov (1976, 1986, 1992) provided additional information. The work of Sazonov (1980) is followed here in replacing the name Searsiidae with Platytroctidae. Sazonov (1999) provided information on the family, and Williams & Sazonov (2008) treated some Australian species. Flynn & Pogonoski (2012) treated species found in the southern Tasman Sea.
General References
Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fong, J.D. 2014. Species of Fishes by family/subfamily. Catalog of Fishes. Online version updated 19 May 2014. http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/SpeciesByFamily.asp
Matsui, T. & Rosenblatt, R.H. 1987. Review of the deep-sea fish family Platytroctidae (Pisces: Salmoniformes). Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography 26: 1-159
Parr, A.E. 1960. The fishes of the family Searsidae. Dana Reports 51: 1-109 figs 1-73
Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Platytroctidae. pp. 380-382 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.
Sazonov, Y.I. 1976. Materials on the systematics and distribution of fishes of the family Searsiidae (Salmoniformes, Alepocephaloidei). Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 104: 26-72 figs 1-22 [in Russian]
Sazonov, Y.I. 1980. Replacement of the family name Searsiidae Parr, 1951 by the senior subjective synonym Platytroctidae Roule, 1919. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 20(6): 142-143 [in Russian; Eng. Transl. J. Ichthyol. 20(6): 142–143]
Sazonov, Y.I. 1986. Morphology and classification of fishes of the family Platytroctidae (Pisces: Salmoniformes, Alepocephaloidei). Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 121: 51-96
Sazonov, Y.I. 1992. Matsuichthys gen. novum — a new genus of fishes of the family Platytroctidae with notes on classification of the subfamiy Platytroctinae. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 32: 3-12
Sazonov, Y.I. 1999. Family Platytroctidae. pp. 1894-1895 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.
Williams, A. & Sazonov, Y.I. 2008. Family Alepocephalidae and Platytroctidae. pp. 201-210 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.
Common Name References
Sazonov, Y.I. 1999. Family Platytroctidae. pp. 1894-1895 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. [1894] (FAO) (Tubeshoulders)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2016 | ARGENTINIFORMES | 03-May-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 06-Jun-2016 | 13-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |