Species Sirembo wami Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein, 2014

Museums

CAAB: 37228122

Sirembo wami Nielsen, J.G., Schwarzhans, W. & Uiblein, F. 2014. Review of the Indo-West Pacific ophidiid genera Sirembo and Spottobrotula (Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of three new species. Marine Biology Research 11(2): 113-134 [124, figs 1, 4-6].
Type data:
Holotype WAM P.22339.001, off northwestern Australia [13°3'S, 124°02'E].
Paratype(s) AM I.21613-001; USNM 226483.

Sirembo metachroma Cohen & Robins, 1986 [misidentification, in part, WA specimens only]. —
Cohen, D.M. & Robins, C.R. 1986. A review of the ophidiid fish genus Sirembo with a new species from Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 22(2): 253-263 pls 1-2 [254]
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. [314]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [23]
Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Ophidiidae. pp. 556-566 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. [566]

Western Australia

North of Shark Bay (24°15'S, 113°26'E) to south-east of Ashmore Reef (13°3'S, 124°02'E), WA, tropical

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

Timor Province (2), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Benthic, continental shelf.

136-178 m

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	OPHIDIIFORMES	17-May-2015	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)