Threadfin Saury, Saurida filamentosa Ogilby 1910


Other Names: Filamentous Saury, Thread-fin Grinner, Thread-fin Saury

A Threadfin Saury, Saurida filamentosa, from off Maria Island, Tasmania, 9 Jan 2016, depth 100 m. Source: Brenden Mckewen / FV "Western Alliance". License: All rights reserved


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Bray, D.J. 2021, Saurida filamentosa in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4007

Threadfin Saury, Saurida filamentosa Ogilby 1910

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Distribution

Eastern Australia from north of Townsville, Queensland, to off Eagle Hawk Neck, Tasmania.

Feeding

Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes.

Species Citation

Saurida filamentosa Ogilby 1910,  Endeavour Series No. 1 23: 88. Type locality: off Cape Moreton, Queensland.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2021

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Threadfin Saury, Saurida filamentosa Ogilby 1910

References


Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)

Last, P.R., Pogonoski, J.J., Gledhill, D.C. White, W.T. & Walker, C.J. 2014. The deepwater demersal ichthyofauna of the western Coral Sea. Zootaxa 3887 (2): 191–224

Ogilby, J.D. 1910. On some new fishes from the Queensland coast. Endeavour Series No. 1 23: 85-139

Russell, B.C. 1999. Families Synodontidae, Bathysauridae. pp. 1928-1947 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. (in part)

Russell, B., Holleman, W., Fennessy, S., Maunde, C. & Ho, H. 2020. Saurida filamentosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T123354372A123354877. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123354372A123354877.en. Downloaded on 03 February 2021.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37118032

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:30-328 m

Habitat:Muddy, sandy bottoms

Max Size:53 cm SL

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