Species Saurenchelys stylura (Lea, 1913)

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• Leptocephalus stylurus Lea, E. 1913. Muraenoid larvae from the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep Sea Expedition 3(1): 1-59 figs 1-36 pls 1-6 [36, figs 28-31, pl.5 (fig.3)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMUB 2503 (3), Central North Atlantic, 150m [26°03'N, 15°00'W]; ZMUB 5102 (3), Central North Atlantic, 150m [26°03'N, 15°00'W].

 

Generic Combinations

• Saurenchelys stylura (Lea, 1913). —
  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. [114] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Recorded from off Geraldton (28°49'S, 113°35'E), WA, and possibly off NSW, (as leptocephali); tropical, Atlantic Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic, oceanic, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

50-5000 m

 

General References

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Nettastomatidae. pp. 298-300 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. [300]

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. [114]

Smith, D.G. 1989. Family Nettastomatidae. pp. 568-612 in Böhlke, E.B. (ed.). Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. New Haven : The Sears Foundation of Marine Research, Yale University Pt 9 Vol. 1 655 pp. [719]

Smith, D.G. & Castle, P.H.J. 1982. Larvae of the nettastomatid eels : systematics and distribution. Dana Reports 90: 1-44 figs 1-33

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Pillar Wire Eel)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [19] (Pillar Wire Eel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	30-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
24-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	24-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED