Species Parascolopsis tanyactis Russell, 1986

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• Parascolopsis tanyactis Russell, B.C. 1986. Two new species of Parascolopsis (Pisces: Nemipteridae) from north-western Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3(1): 137-142 [140].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.26263–001, Northwest Shelf, WA [17°56'S, 119°56'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.24278–001; BMNH 1984.6.25.7; CSIRO CA 4112; NCIPJ uncat.; NTM S.10739-002; NTM S.10747-005; NTM S.10781-001; NTM S.11046-001; NTM S.11168-004; USNM 231473; USNM 231480; WAM 26187-003; WAM P.26212-001; WAM P.26888-001; WAM P.26889-001.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Parascolopsis sp. 2. —
  Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [210]
• Parascolopsis sp. 1. —
  Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [190, 338]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Shark Bay, WA (25°25'S) to Arafura Sea, NW of Marchinbar Island, NT (135°47'S), WA; tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

40–200 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [138]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [88]

Russell, B.C. 1990. FAO Species Catalogue. Nemipterid fishes of the World (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams, Monocle breams, Dwarf monocle breams, and Coral breams — Family Nemipteridae). Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 12. Rome : FAO 149 pp. VIII pls. [75]

Russell, B.C. 2001. Nemipteridae. pp. 3051-3089 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. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3083]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [210] (as P. sp. 2)

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [88] (Saddled Dwarf Monocle Bream)

Russell, B.C. 1990. FAO Species Catalogue. Nemipterid fishes of the World (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams, Monocle breams, Dwarf monocle breams, and Coral breams — Family Nemipteridae). Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 12. Rome : FAO 149 pp. VIII pls. [74] (Long-rayed Dwarf Monocle Bream)

Russell, B.C. 2001. Nemipteridae. pp. 3051-3089 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. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3083] (FAO) (Longrayed Dwarf Monocle Bream)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [210] (Yellow-bellied Dwarf Monocle-bream)

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

 

History of changes

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