Species Scolecenchelys castlei McCosker, 2006

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• Scolecenchelys castlei McCosker, J.E. 2006. A new deepwater species of worm-eel, Scolecenchelys castlei (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from New Zealand and Australia, with comments on S. breviceps and S. macroptera. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 36(1): 17-26 [18, figs 1-4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMNZ P.37671 (female), off the Chatham Islands, Chatham Rise, New Zealand, 485m [43°09.5'S, 178°25.4'W].
  Paratype(s) AM I.24036–001, eastern Bass Strait, VIC, 567m [38°02'S, 150°04'E]; AM I.24367–001, off Sydney, NSW, 541m [33°39'S, 151°55'E]; BMNH 2005.2.16.1 (ex. NZOI I.25 TR), 675m [35°11.1'S, 175°6.1'E]; BPBM 39689 (ex. NZOI I.25TR), 675m [35°11.1'S, 175°6.1'E]; CAS 221784 (ex. NZOI P926), 570m [40°33.1'S, 170°59.7'E]; CSIRO T.1988.01, south of Penguin Island, South Australia, 425m [39°52'S, 139°47'E]; CSIRO H.2661-2, northwest of Macquarie Harbour, TAS, 820m [42°10'S, 144°40'E]; NMNZ P.7785, east of Alderman Island, New Zealand, 542-588m [35°55.7'S, 170°19.4'E]; NMNZ P.3510, east-northeast of Poor Knights Island, New Zealand, 588-622m [35°30'S, 174°44'E]; NMNZ P.3552, east-northeast of Poor Knights Island, New Zealand, 430-457m [35°30'S, 174°44'E]; NMNZ P.9841, off Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand, 547-587m [36°28.7°S, 173°43.5'E]; NMNZ P.9834, west of White Island, New Zealand, 685-705m [37°10'S, 178°38.7'E]; NMNZ P.13418, off Abut Head, New Zealand, 560-575m [42°23.9'S, 170°21.5'E]; NMNZ P.13648, southwest of Cape Foulwind, New Zealand, 600m [42°26'S, 170°20'E]; NMNZ P.20016, Challenger Plateau, New Zealand, 812-818m [38°29.6'S, 170°37.5'E]; NMNZ P.23035, east Chatham Rise, New Zealand, 739-746m [42°56.9'S, 176°15.8'W]; NMNZ P.32798, northeast Chatham Rise, New Zealand, 466-480m [43°13'S, 178°47'W]; NMNZ P.32907, off Cape Foulwind, New Zealand [42°41.1'S, 170°6.3'E]; NMNZ P.33958, off the Adermans, western Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 449-455m [36°57.6'S, 176°17.8'E]; NMNZ P.34495, off Great Expectation Bay, New Zealand, 492m [34°46'S, 174°5.8'E]; NMNZ P.38419, off Cape Foulwind, New Zealand. 617-650m [41°48'S, 170°20'E]; NMNZ P.38423, Hokitika Canyons, New Zealand, 757-794m [41°48'S, 170°8.8'E]; NMNZ P.38426, Hokitika Canyons, New Zealand, 757-794m [41°48'S, 170°8.8'E]; NMNZ P.38434 (2), no locality given; NMV A.822 (from digestive tract of large fish), off Portland, VIC, 549m [38°50'S, 141°46'E]; NMV A.3877 (2), east of Maria Island, TAS, 410-440m; NMV A.8785, eastern Bass Strait, VIC, 456m [39°10.5'E, 148°41.5'E]; USNM 381554 (ex. KAH 9604 Sta. 006), 567-571m [37°1.2'S, 176°19.5'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Sydney, NSW (33°43'S, 151°54'E), to southwest of Beachport, SA (37°52'S, 139°47'E), including TAS; temperate, south-west Pacific (New Zealand).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

425-820 m

 

General References

McCosker, J.E., Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Ophichthidae. pp. 264-277 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. [275]

McCosker, J.E. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. 40. Family Ophichthidae. pp. 249-258 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [258]

Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. 2008. Family Ophichthidae. pp. 166-169 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [169]

 

Common Name References

McCosker, J.E. 2006. A new deepwater species of worm-eel, Scolecenchelys castlei (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from New Zealand and Australia, with comments on S. breviceps and S. macroptera. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 36(1): 17-26 (Deepwater Big-eye Worm Eel)

 

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)
24-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	24-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED