Species Rexea bengalensis (Alcock, 1894)

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• Thyrsites bengalensis Alcock, A.W. 1894. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series 2(11). An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 63(2,2): 115-137 pls 6-7 [117, pl. 6(1)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype USNM 46755 (USNM 46577 also incorrectly listed in the Russian original and the English translations for lectotype), Bay of Bengal, off Madras, India.
  Paralectotype(s) ZSI 13518; ZSI F13521–22; ZSI F13524.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Parin, N.V. 1989. A review of the genus Rexea (Gempylidae) with descriptions of three new species. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 29(1): 3-23 [in Russian] [2].

 

Generic Combinations

• Rexea bengalensis (Alcock, 1894). —
  Parin, N.V. 1989. Review of the genus Rexea (Gempylidae), with a description of three new species. Journal of Ichthyology 29(2): 86-105 [originally published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii 29(1): 3-23 [in Russian]] [103]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West of Exmouth (22º13'S) to Northwest Shelf (17ºS), WA, and Cape York, QLD (9°53'S) to off Bermagui, NSW (36°33'S), QLD, also Norfolk Ridge (31º49'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthopelagic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails, and Frostfishes known to date. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 15. Rome : FAO 136 pp. 200 figs. [46]

 

Common Name References

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails, and Frostfishes known to date. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 15. Rome : FAO 136 pp. 200 figs. [46] (Small Gemfish, Bengal Escolar)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Small Gemfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-May-2013		15-May-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)