Species Rexea bengalensis (Alcock, 1894)
Small Gemfish, Bengal Escolar
Compiler and date details
9 May 2012 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray, & Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Dianne J. Bray & Douglass F. Hoese
- 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.
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.
Common Name References
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) |
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15-May-2013 | 15-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |