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Species Psychrolutes occidentalis Fricke, 1990

Western Blobfish, Western Australian Sculpin

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Off Shark Bay (2539'S, 11209'E) to north-east of Rowley Shoals (16º01´S, 120°33`E), WA, and northwest of Lynedoch Shoal, NT; tropical.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

305–704 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)
06-May-2015 SCORPAENIFORMES 21-Apr-2015 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED