Species Pholidichthys anguis Springer & Larson, 1996

• Pholidichthys anguis Springer, V.G. & Larson, H.K. 1996. Pholidichthys anguis, a new species of pholidichthyid fish from Northern Territory and Western Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109(2): 353-365 [355, figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM S.11799–001, WSW of Angurugu, Groote Eylandt, NT, 19 m. [14°05'S, 136°15'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.36375–001 3 specimens, North Goulburn Island, Arafura Sea, NT, 53 m. [10°23'49"S, 135°43'53"E]; NTM S.13530–003 26 specimens, North Goulburn Island, Arafura Sea, NT, 53 m. [10°23'49"S, 135°43'53"E]; WAM P.31012–001 3 specimens, North Goulburn Island, Arafura Sea, NT, 53 m. [10°23'49"S, 135°43'53"E]; ANSP 173800 3 specimens, North Goulburn Island, Arafura Sea, NT, 53 m. [10°23'49"S, 135°43'53"E]; BMNH 1995.8.14.1-3 3 specimens, North Goulburn Island, Arafura Sea, NT, 53 m. [10°23'49"S, 135°43'53"E]; CAS 82409 3 specimens, North Goulburn Island, Arafura Sea, NT, 53 m. [10°23'49"S, 135°43'53"E]; QM I.30118 3 specimens, North Goulburn Island, Arafura Sea, NT, 53 m. [10°23'49"S, 135°43'53"E]; ROM 69314 3 specimens, North Goulburn Island, Arafura Sea, NT, 53 m. [10°23'49"S, 135°43'53"E]; USNM 337859 9 specimens, North Goulburn Island, Arafura Sea, NT, 53 m. [10°23'49"S, 135°43'53"E]; BPBM 36786 3 specimens, North Goulburn Island, Arafura Sea, NT, 53 m. [10°23'49"S, 135°43'53"E]; MNHP 1995-0896-0898 3 specimens, North Goulburn Island, Arafura Sea, NT, 53 m. [10°23'49"S, 135°43'53"E]; NTM S.13529-001 49 specimens, W of Cape Wessel, Arafura Sea, NT, 42-43 m. [10°57.2'S, 136°06.2'E]; USNM 337860 15 specimens (incl. 3 cleared & stained), W of Cape Wessel, Arafura Sea, NT, 42-43 m. [10°57.2'S, 136°06.2'E]; NTM S.13039-001 3 specimens, N of Melville Island, Arafura Sea, NT. [10°38'S, 130°52'E]; NTM S.13339-002, Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, Timor Sea, WA, 70 m. [13°07'S, 128°56'E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pholidichthys sp. —
  Russell, B.C. & Houston, W. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 6(1): 69-84 [83]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, WA (128°56'E) to south-east of Saibai, Island, QLD (9°33'S, 142°551'E); tropical, New Guinea.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, mud bottom–marine.

Extra Ecological Information

19-70 m.

 

General References

Hoese, D.F. 2006. Pholidichthyidae. pp. 1486-1487 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. [1487]

Springer, V.G. 2001. Pholidichthyidae. 3500 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. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3500]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Snake Convict Blenny)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Oct-2015	PHOLIDICHTHYOIDEI	08-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
08-Oct-2015		22-Sep-2011	MOVED
22-Sep-2011		22-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED