Genus Hypnos Duméril, 1852

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External Links

• Hypnos Duméril, A.H.A. 1852. Monographie de la famille des torpédiniens, ou poissons plagiostomes électriques. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 4: 270-285 [277].

  Type species:

   Hypnos subnigrum Duméril, 1852 (= Lophius monopterygius Shaw & Nodder, 1795) by monotypy.
• Hypnarce Waite, E.R. 1902. Notes on fishes from Western Australia, No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 4(5): 179-194 [180] [replacement name; unnecessary replacement name and not preoccupied by Hypna in insects].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27 [328]

 

Introduction

Duméril (1852) treated the generic name as neuter, by use of the species name subnigrum. However, the name appears to have been derived from the Greek god for sleep, Hypnos and is normally treated as masculine. Hypnarche was introduced as a replacement name, believing the Hypnos was preoccupied by Hypna in insects. Whitley (1931), regarded the names as not being homonyms, but subsequently Whitley (1940) accepted Hypnarche as the correct name. We follow current usage in recognising Hypnos as valid.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27 [329]

Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [165]

 

History of changes

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