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CAAB: 37253002

Species Polymixia busakhini Kotlyar, 1992

Busakhin's Beardfish


Compiler and date details

20 April 2011 - John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates, Douglass F. Hoese & Dianne J. Bray

 

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 (map not available)

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.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-May-2011 16-Jan-2024 MODIFIED
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED