Species Tetrabrachium ocellatum Günther, 1880

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Tetrabrachium ocellatum Günther, A. 1880. Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H.M.S Challenger, in the years 1872–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 1(6): 1-82 pls 1-32 [44].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1879.5.14.618, south of New Guinea, 28 fathoms [9°59´S, 139°42´E].

 

Introduction

Because of the similarity of this species to Dibrachichthys melanurus Pietsch, Johnson & Arnold, 2009, some museum records of Tetrabranchium ocellatum had been misidentified and some literature references may have included Dibranchchthys.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Shelf, N of Cape Lambert, WA (19°13S), with a distinct gap in the distribution between between 117° (Port HedlandO) to 126° Vansittart Bay, WA; to the Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD (141°29S) and south to Lindeman Island (20°27'S) QLD; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific (Papua).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

5-90 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [62] (in the family Antennariidae)

Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Antennariidae. pp. 637-646 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. [646] (in the family Antennariidae)

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [38] (in the family Antennariidae)

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [22]

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. [281] (in the family Antennariidae)

Pietsch, T.W. 1981. The osteology and relationships of the anglerfish genus Tetrabrachium with comments on lophiiform classification. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 79(3): 387-419 figs 1-41

Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Antennariidae, Tetrabrachiidae, Lophichthyidae. pp. 2013-2019 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. [2017]

Pietsch, T.W., Johnson, J.W. & Arnold, R.J. 2009. A new genus and species of the shallow-water anglerfish family Tetrabrachiidae (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennarioidei) from Australia and Indonesia. Copeia 2009(3): 483-493 [Date published September] [483]

Pietsch, T.W. & Grobecker, D.B. 1987. Frogfishes of the World: Systematics, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology. Palo Alto : Stanford University Press 420 pp.

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [62] (Humpback Anglerfish)

Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Antennariidae, Tetrabrachiidae, Lophichthyidae. pp. 2013-2019 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. [2016] (FAO) (Doublefin Frogfish)

Pietsch, T.W. 2005. Tetrabrachiidae. Tetrabrachium ocellatum. Four-armed frogfish. The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/. 28 October 2005. http://tolweb.org/Tetrabrachiidae/21994 (Four-armed Frogfish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Aug-2011	LOPHIIFORMES	16-Aug-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		20-Aug-2014	MODIFIED