Species Platytroctes apus Günther, 1878

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• Platytroctes apus Günther, A. 1878. Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 2(2, 22, 28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251 [249].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.12.7.235 (depth 1500 fathoms), Atlantic Ocean [01°N, 26°W].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest of Port Hedland, WA (18°08'S, 116°43'E) and Norfolk Ridge, north and south of Norfolk Island; tropical, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, marine, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

385-5393 m.

 

General References

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [19]

Matsui, T. & Rosenblatt, R.H. 1987. Review of the deep-sea fish family Platytroctidae (Pisces: Salmoniformes). Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography 26: 1-159 [104]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Platytroctidae. pp. 380-382 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. [382]

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. [213]

Sazonov, Y.I. 1999. Family Platytroctidae. pp. 1894-1895 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. [1895]

Williams, A. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Family Platytroctidae. pp. 346-353 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [352]

 

Common Name References

Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase, FAO) (Legless Searsid)

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

Williams, A. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Family Platytroctidae. pp. 346-353 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [352] (Disc Tubeshoulder)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	ARGENTINIFORMES	03-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
06-Jun-2016		13-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED