Species Trichiurus auriga Klunzinger, 1884

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External Links

• Trichiurus auriga Klunzinger, C.B. 1884. Die Fische des Rothen Meeres. Stuttgart, Pt 1 133 pp 13 pls. [120, pl. 12(1)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Kosseir, Red Sea Coast of Egypt.

 

Introduction

This species was previously synonymised with Trichiurus lepturus and, thus, there may be many records of T. auriga from northern Australia misidentified as T. lepturus

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Timor Sea; Tropical, disjunct (west Indian and west Pacific).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthopelagic, continental slope, marine.

 

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. [104]

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. [3720]

 

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. [104] (Pearly Hairtail)

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

 

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)