Species Tongaichthys robustus Nakamura & Fujii, 1983

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• Tongaichthys robustus Nakamura, I. & Fujii, E. 1983. A new genus and species of Gempylidae (Pisces: Perciformes) from Tonga Ridge. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 27(4/6): 173-191 [174, figs 2-13].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT P19758, Tonga Ridge, South Pacific Ocean.
  Paratype(s) AM I.22523–001; AM I.22523–002; FAKU S.2311; ZIUT 54254–6; USNM 227336.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Off Flinders Reefs, QLD (17°33'S); subtropical, south-west Pacific (Tonga Ridge, off Fiji).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Or mesobenthopelagic at about 300 m.

 

General References

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails, and Frostfishes known to date. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 15. Rome : FAO 136 pp. 200 figs. [60]

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 2001. Gempylidae, Trichiuridae. pp. 3698-3720 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. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3708]

 

Common Name References

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails, and Frostfishes known to date. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 15. Rome : FAO 136 pp. 200 figs. [59] (Tonga Escolar)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-May-2013		15-May-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)