Species Ventrifossa sazonovi Iwamoto & Williams, 1999

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Ventrifossa sazonovi Iwamoto, T. & Williams, A. 1999. Grenadiers (Pisces, Gadiformes) from the continental slope of western and northwestern Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 51(3): 105-243 figs 1-58 [231, fig. 56].

  Type data:

   Holotype CAS 13564, South China Sea, off Vietnam, 479 m. [15°48´N, 109°47´E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.31166-006 6 specimens; NTM S.12457-003; CAS 99817 7 specimens; CSIRO H1973-01.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Ventrifossa sp. A. —
  Williams, A., Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Paxton, J.R. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20–35º). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 135-155 [149]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest of Houtman Abrolhos Islands (28º06'S, 113º27'E) to southwest of Scott Reef (14º37'S, 121º20'E), WA, and north of Lihou Reefs, Coral Sea (16°55'S, 151º35'E) to east of Rockhampton (22º58'S, 154º25'S), QLD, also recorded from Arafura Sea north of Darwin, but outside Australian EEZ; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific (South China Sea).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

420-908 m

 

General References

Bray, D.J., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Macrouridae. pp. 581-607 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. [607]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [24]

Williams, A., Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Paxton, J.R. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20–35º). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 135-155 [149] (as Ventrifossa sp. A)

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Dark Smiling Whiptail)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [30] (Dark Smiling Whiptail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Jul-2018	MACROURIDAE	15-May-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
26-Nov-2015	GADIFORMES	20-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED