Parascombrops argyreus (Gilbert and Cramer 1897)

Summary:

A large slender-bodied ocean bass with a slightly convex dorsal head profile. This species was previously placed in the genus Synagrops.

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Parascombrops argyreus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 21 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5203

Parascombrops argyreus (Gilbert and Cramer 1897)

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Distribution	Recorded in Australian waters from the Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, the Coral Sea off Queensland, and on the Norfolk Ridge just outside the Australian EEZ. Elsewhere, the species occurs in the Indo-West-Pacific from off southeast Africa, the Tasman Seas to northeastern New Zealand, and Hawaii. Depth range: 168-620 m.
Features	Anal fin II + 7; Pectoral fin 13–16, length 21.5–26% SL; Gill rakers 12–16, decreasing with size; Pseudobranchial filaments broad, (22) 26–38, increasing in number with growth. First anal-fin pterygiophore long, straight, slender, with sharp tip and not hollow. Ectopterygoid broad with 2–4 rows of denticles. Orbit diameter 9.3–12.0% SL. Posterior edge of maxillary plate distinctly concave with a lobate ventral expansion; preopercular lobe with 2-3 longitudinal ridges.
Size	The distribution of P. argyreus is patchy, disjunctive and antitropical in the Indo-West-Pacific off Hawaii, in the Tasman Sea to northeastern New Zealand, and off southeast Africa, which was first recorded and discussed by Prokofiev & Schwarzhans (2015). Parascombrops argyreus does not seem to overlap geographically with P. philippinensis although it may be possible in the southwestern Pacific. Specimens examined have been caught in a depth range from 168 to 620 m.
Species Citation	Melanostoma argyreum Gilbert & Cramer 1897, Proc. U. S. Natl Mus. 19(1114): 416, Pl. 39 (fig. 3). Type locality: Off Hawaiian Islands, south of O'ahu, 21°12'N, 157°49'W, Albatross station 3472, depth 295-298 fathoms.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2018

Parascombrops argyreus (Gilbert and Cramer 1897)

References

Carpenter, K. 1999. Family Acropomatidae. pp. 2436-2437 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. 4 pp. 2069-2790.

Gilbert, C.H. & Cramer, F. 1897. Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 19(1114): 403-435 pls 36-48 Ref available at BHL

Schwarzhans, W. & Prokofiev, A.M. 2015. Range extension and re-description of Synagrops argyreus (Perciformes, Acropomatidae). Cybium 39: 83-90.

Schwarzhans, W.W. & Prokofiev, A.M. 2017. Reappraisal of Synagrops Günther, 1887 with rehabilitation and revision of Parascombrops Alcock, 1889 including description of seven new species and two new genera (Perciformes: Acropomatidae). Zootaxa 4260 (1): DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4260.1.1