Species Rouleina attrita (Vaillant, 1888)

Museums

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External Links

• Bathytroctes attritus Vaillant, L.L. 1888. Expéditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. Paris : G. Masson 406 pp. 28 pls. [158, pl. 12(2, 2a-c)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP 1885–0166 (depth 1442 m), the Atlantic, south of the Azores and Cape Verde, Banc d'Arquin.
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP 1885-0169.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Eschmeyer, W.N. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences 2905 pp., 3 vols. [163].

 

Generic Combinations

• Rouleina attrita (Vaillant, 1888). —
  Parr, A.E. 1951. Preliminary revision of the Alepocephalidae, with the introduction of a new family, Searsidae. American Museum Novitates 1531: 1-21 [13] (changed combination as R. attritus)
  Markle, D.F. 1978. Taxonomy and distribution of Rouleina attrita and Rouleina maderensis (Pisces: Alepocephalidae). Fishery Bulletin of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 76(1): 79-87 [79] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East of Broken Bay, NSW (33°27'S, 152°09'E) to northwest of North West Cape, WA (20º53'S, 112º52'E), WA, also Lord Howe Rise and Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea; tropical, temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

585-1416 m.

 

General References

Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Alepocephalidae. pp. 384-393 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. [390]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [19]

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. [210]

Sazonov, Y.I. & Markle, D.F. 1999. Family Alepocephalidae. pp. 1888-1893 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. [1893]

Sazonov, Y.I. & Williams, A. 2001. A review of the alepocephalid fishes (Argentiniformes, Alepocephalidae) from the continental slope of Australia: Part I. Journal of Ichthyology 41(suppl. 1): 1-36 [19]

Sazonov, Yu.I. & Markle, D.F. 1990. Alepocephalidae. pp. 111-114 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [114]

Williams, A. & Sazonov, Y.I. 2008. Family Alepocephalidae and Platytroctidae. pp. 201-210 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [204]

Williams, A. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Family Alepocephalidae. pp. 354-376 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [372]

 

Common Name References

Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (FAO, Fishbase) (Softskin Smooth-head)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	ARGENTINIFORMES	20-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
06-Jun-2016		13-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED