Species Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839)
Spearfish Remora
- Echeneis brachyptera Lowe, R.T. 1839. A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 7: 76-92 [89].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Madeira. - Echeneis sexdecim lamellata Eydoux, J.F.T. & Gervais, F.L.P. 1839. Voyage de La Favorite. Poissons. Journal de Zoologie (Gervais) 52: 1-200 pls 6-60 [possibly published 1837] [77, pl. 31] [name suppressed by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1975. Opinion 1033. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32(1): 31–32; as Echeneis sex-decim lamellata].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A.5961, ?Indian Ocean [as '?Mer des Indes']. - Echeneis pallida Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1850. Pisces. In, Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4 324 pp. 144 pls. [1843–1850] [271, pl. 120 (figs 2-2a)] [junior primary homonym of Echeneis pallida Lowe, 1839].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH 3646a, Japan.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH 3646b.Subsequent designation references:
Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and van Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: 1-242 pls 1-5 [193].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lachner, E.A. 1973. Family Echeneididae. pp. 636-640 in Hureau, J.-C. & Monod, T. (eds). Checklist of the Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). Paris : UNESCO Vol. 1 683 pp. [639]
Generic Combinations
- Remoropsis brachyptera (Lowe, 1839). —
Gill, T.N. 1863. Catalogue of the fishes of lower California, in the Smithsonian Institution, collected by Mr. J. Xantus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 15(2): 80-88 [88] (changed combination as type of genus Remoropsis)
Whitley, G.P. 1949. Sucking fishes. Australian Museum Magazine 10(1): 17-23 [22]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [56] (2127) - Remoropsis pallidus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) [an invalid name]. —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [56] (2128)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Arafura Sea, NT, and off Bramble Reef, QLD (9º07´S) to off Sydney, NSW (34ºS); record from Lord Howe Island needs confirmation; tropical, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, oceanic, pelagic.
General References
Collette, B.B. 1999. Family Echeneidae. pp. 2652-2654 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2653]
Gray, K.N., McDowell, J.R., Collette, B.B. & Graves, J.E. 2009. A molecular phylogeny of the remoras and their relatives. Bulletin of Marine Science 84(2): 183-198 [190]
O'Toole, B. 2002. Phylogeny of the species of the superfamily Echeneoidea (Perciformes: Carangoidei: Echeneidae, Rachycentridae, and Coryphaenidae), with an interpretation of echeneid hitchhiking behaviour. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80(4): 596-623 [616]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [56] (2127, 2128)
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spearfish Remora)
Web 2004. Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan website http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Remora.html. (Spearfish Remora)
History of changes
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| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |