Species Pyramodon ventralis Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Pallid Pearlfish
- Pyramodon ventralis Smith, H.M. & Radcliffe, L. in Radcliffe, L. 1913. Descriptions of seven new genera and thirty-one new species of fishes of the families Brotulidae and Carapidae from the Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1948): 135-176 pls 7-17 [175, pl. 17(3)].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 74155, near Dowarra Island (Dowora Island), Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies) 205 fathoms [0°50´00"S, 128°12´00"E].
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Northwest of Shoal Point (27°17'S, 112°45'E), WA and east of Dunk Island, QLD; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific (East Africa, South Africa and Réunion east to Hawaiian Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland, Australia and New Caledonia).
IMCRA
Northeast Transition (19), Central Western Province (6)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, oceanic.
Extra Ecological Information
Free living. 220-510m.
General References
Cohen, D.M. & Nielsen, J.G. 1978. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 417: 1-72 figs 1-103 [7]
Markle, D.F. & Olney, J.E. 1990. Systematics of the pearlfishes (Pisces: Carapidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 47(2): 269-410 [334]
Nielsen. J.G. 1999. Families Carapidae, Ophidiidae, Bythitidae, Aphionidae. pp. 1978-1985 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1978]
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Pallid Pearlfish)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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22-Jun-2015 | OPHIDIIFORMES | 17-May-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |