Species Paraulopus longianalis Sato, Gomon & Nakabo, 2010

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paraulopus longianalis Sato, T., Gomon, M.F. & Nakabo, T. 2010. Two new Australian species of the Paraulopus nigripinnis complex (Aulopiformes: Paraulopidae). Ichthyological Research 57(3): 254-262 [255].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT -P.63675 (Depth 288 meters), Western Australia, off Steep Point [26°22.7'S, 112°26.9'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.31185-008 6 specimens; CSIRO H.2547-16; CSIRO H.2567-19; NMV A 1736; NMV A 1806 (5 specimens); NSMT -P.63665-69 (5 specimens); NSMT -P.63670-74 (4 specimens); NSMT -P.63678-79 (3 specimens); NSMT -P.63682-84 (3 specimens); WAM P.29730-014 (10 specimens).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Chlorophthalmus sp. B. —
  Williams, A., Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Paxton, J.R. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20–35º). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 135-155 [147]
• Chlorophthalmus sp. —
  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. [333] (CAAB 37120005)
• Chlorophthalmus maculatus Kotthaus, 1967. —
  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. [333] (misidentification of species confined to western Indian Ocean)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Geraldton, WA (28°09'S) to off Port Hedland, WA (18°14'S); tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

150-312 m.

 

Common Name References

Sato, T., Gomon, M.F. & Nakabo, T. 2010. Two new Australian species of the Paraulopus nigripinnis complex (Aulopiformes: Paraulopidae). Ichthyological Research 57(3): 254-262 [255] (Longfin Cucumberfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	AULOPIFORMES	13-Apr-2012	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)