Species Coloconger scholesi Chan, 1967

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• Coloconger scholesi Chan, W.L. 1967. A new species of congrid eel from the South China Sea. Journal of Natural History 1: 97-112 figs 1-14 [99, figs 1-14].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1966.8.2.1, c.270 miles north of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia (South China Sea), 450-456 fathoms [6°1.8'N, 109°57.4'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1966.8.2.2; USNM 200650, c.270 miles north of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia (South China Sea), 823-834m.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Plateau (20º36'S, 112º59'E) to NW of Port Hedland (18º40'S, 116°42'E) WA, and east of Hinchinbrook Island, QLD (17º56'S, 147°14'E) to east of Batemans Bay, NSW (35º42'S, 150º43'E); tropical, temperate, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

50 m

 

General References

Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) Neue Serie 4: 341-463 [353]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [17]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Colocongridae. pp. 278-279 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. [279]

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. [144]

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [163]

 

Common Name References

Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase) (Indo-Pacific Shorttail Conger, Shorttail Conger)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Short-tail Conger)

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] (Short-tail Conger)

 

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