Species Regalecus russelii (Cuvier, 1816)

Museums

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External Links

• Gymnetrus russelii Cuvier, G.L. 1816. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Les reptiles et les poisons. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2 pp. 104-351. [244].

  Type data:

   Neotype BSKU 39999 (original type locality Vizagapatam, India), Shikoku, Tosa Bay, Japan.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roberts, T.R. 2012. Systematics, biology, and distribution of the species of the oceanic oarfish genus Regalecus (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Regalecidae). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (N.S.) [1993-2016] A Zoologie 202: 1-268 [100].

 

Generic Combinations

• Regalecus russellii (Cuvier, 1816). —
  Roberts, T.R. 2012. Systematics, biology, and distribution of the species of the oceanic oarfish genus Regalecus (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Regalecidae). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (N.S.) [1993-2016] A Zoologie 202: 1-268 [90] (as russellii)

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Regalecus russellii (Cuvier, 1816). —
  Roberts, T.R. 2012. Systematics, biology, and distribution of the species of the oceanic oarfish genus Regalecus (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Regalecidae). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (N.S.) [1993-2016] A Zoologie 202: 1-268

 

Introduction

Note that the species name was originally spelled russelii. Most authors followed Günther (1861) in spelling the name russellii. Both names are currently in usage, but it is liklely that the name russellii may meet criteria for availability under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Cuvier and Valenciennes in all of their works spelled the name of P. Russell as Russel, affecting the spelling several species named after Russell.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off North West Shelf (17º56'S, 118º14'E), based on CSIRO specimen; tropical, circumglobal

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3)

General References

Günther, A. 1861. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 3 586 pp.

Roberts, T.R. 2012. Systematics, biology, and distribution of the species of the oceanic oarfish genus Regalecus (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Regalecidae). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (N.S.) [1993-2016] A Zoologie 202: 1-268

Roberts, T.R. 2016. Regalecidae. pp. 1939-1941 in Carpenter, K.E. & De Angelis, N. (eds.). The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. Bony Fishes Part 1 (Elopiformes to Scorpaeniformes). Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1511-2350.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	LAMPRIDIFORMES	24-Apr-2017	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)