Species Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1820)

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• Trachypterus cristatus Bonelli, F.A. 1820. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de poisson de la Méditerranée appartenant au genre Trachyptère (T. cristatus) avec des observations sur les caractères de ce même genre. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Turin 24: 485-494 [487].

  Type data:

   Holotype MZUT 1190, Gulf of Spezia, Mediterranean Sea.

 

Generic Combinations

• Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1820). —
  Walters, V. & Fitch, J.E. 1960. The families and genera of the lampridiform (Allotriognath) suborder Trachipteroidei. California Fisheries and Game 46(4): 441-451 [445] (changed combination as type of genus Zu)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Northwest Shelf, WA and off Cape Melville, QLD (14ºS) to off Sydney (34ºS), NSW, East Inlet, Stanley (40º44´S) and from the Cascade Plateau, SE of Hobart (44ºS, 150ºE) TAS; tropical, temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, marine, mesopelagic, oceanic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range 140-1500 m.

 

General References

Heemstra, P.C. & Kannemeyer, S.X. 1984. The families Trachipteridae and Radiicephalidae (Pisces, Lampriformes) and a new species of Zu from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 94(2): 13-39 figs 1-11 [23]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [78]

Olney, J.E. 1999. Families Veliferidae, Lamprididae, Stylephoridae, Lophotidae, Radiicephalidae, Trachipteridae, Regalecidae. pp. 1966-1975 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. [1974]

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. [400]

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Family Trachipteridae. pp. 540-542 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. [542]

Scott, E.O.G. 1983. Observations on some Tasmanian fishes. Part 29. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 117: 167-202 figs 1-6 pls 1-3

 

Common Name References

FAO-FIES 2017. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Scalloped Ribbonfish)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [78] (Scalloped Ribbonfish)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [32] (Scalloped Ribbonfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Jul-2018	LAMPRIDIFORMES	27-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
29-Aug-2011		29-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED