Species Saccopharynx schmidti Bertin, 1934

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• Saccopharynx schmidti Bertin, L. 1934. Une nouvelle espèce de poissons abyssaux: Saccopharynx Schmidti. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 198: 1633-1634 [1633] [as Saccopharynx Schmidti].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC P2329849, 1000 km off Sydney, NSW [33°39´S, 159°E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

East of Sydney, NSW (33°43'S, 152°03'E) to off northeast TAS (ca. 41°30'S, 149°00'E), also south of Lord Howe Island; temperate, south-west Pacific (Tasman Sea).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14)

Ecological Descriptors

Leptocephalus larva: pelagic.

Bathypelagic.

 

General References

Bertelsen, E., Nielsen, J.G. & Smith, D.G. 1989. Suborder Saccopharyngoidei. pp. 636-655 in Böhlke, E.B. (ed.). Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1: 1-655 [644]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [39] (275, based on specimens from 1000 km east of Sydney)

Nielsen, J.G. 2015. Families Saccopharyngidae, Eurypharyngidae. pp. 294-297 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [295]

Nielsen, J. G. & Bertelsen, E. 1985. The gulper-eel family Saccopharyngidae (Pisces, Anguilliformes). Steenstrupia 11(6): 157-206 [188]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [110]

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates & D.F. Hoese 2006. Families Cyematidae, Eurypharyngidae and Saccopharyngidae. pp. 304-307 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [306]

Smith, D.G. 1999. Families Colocongridae, Derichthyidae, Muraenesocidae, Nemichtyhyidae, Congridae, Nettastomatidae, Serrivomeridae, Cyematidae, Saccopharyngidae, Eurypharyngidae, Monognathidae. pp. 1670-1697 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. [1694]

 

Common Name References

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [39] (Black Gulper, Pelican Eel)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [20] (Black Gulper)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	15-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
27-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	27-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
27-Jul-2016		27-Sep-2011	MOVED
27-Jul-2016		05-Aug-2014	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED