Species Polymixia busakhini Kotlyar, 1992

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• Polymixia busakhini Kotlyar, A.N. 1992. A new species of the genus Polymixia from the submarine Kyushu-Palau Ridge, and notes on other representatives of the genus (Polymixiidae, Beryciformes). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 32(6): 11-26 [in Russian; English translation in J. Ichthyol. 1993, 33(3): 30–49] [22] [originally intended for publication in Kotlyar, A.N. 1993. Beryciform fishes from the western Indian Ocean collected in cruise of R/V "Vityaz". Transactions. P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology 128: 179-198].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMM P.18691, Western Indian Ocean, depth 650-660 m. [33°04´S, 43°52´E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.21777-002.

 

Introduction

Borden (2019) presented evidence suggesting that this species is a junior synonym of Polymixia nobilis. This arrangement has not been widely accepted and we retain the species here as valid until further work can be conducted to confirm its status.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Shark Bay to off the Northwest Shelf, WA and north QLD (16ºS) to off Wattamolla, NSW (34º44´S); subtropical, southern Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

260-800 m.

 

General References

Borden, W.C., Grande, T.C. and Wilson, M.V.H. 2019. Phylogenetic relationships within the primitive acanthomorph fish genus Polymixia, with changes to species composition and geographic distributions. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 14(3 (e0212954)): 1-30

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Polymixiidae. pp. 547-548 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. [548]

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. [362] (as P. nobilis)

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Busakhin's Beardfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-May-2011		16-Jan-2024	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED