Seamount Rudderfish, Tubbia stewarti Last, Daley & Duhamel 2013


The holotype of the Seamount Rudderfish, Tubbia stewarti, NMNZ P. 033110. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: All rights reserved

Summary:
An almost uniformly dark chocolate brown rudderfish with bluish eyes.

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Tubbia stewarti in Fishes of Australia, accessed 28 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4984

Seamount Rudderfish, Tubbia stewarti Last, Daley & Duhamel 2013

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Distribution

Known from off Tasmania and Victoria; elsewhere the species occurs in New Zealand. The Seamount Rudderfish is mostly known from deep offshore plateaus and seamounts. Juveniles less than 10 cm SL occur in epipelagic waters at 30–50 m depth; larger individuals up to 56 cm SL are mesopelagic at 525–1438 m. 

Remarks



As Tubbia sp in Daley et al 1997 - SE Fishery Quota Species ID Guide.

Etymology

Named in honour of New Zealand ichthyologist, Andrew Stewart, whose efforts in building a substantial collection of stromateoid fishes from the region has contributed so significantly to our understanding of the life histories and composition of this poorly known group of fishes in the Southern Hemisphere. (Last et al. 2013)

Species Citation

Tubbia stewarti Last, Daley & Duhamel 2013, Zootaxa 3616(5): 463, figs 1A, 2A, 3, 5A. Type locality: off Bay of Plenty, New Zealand [37º09.6'S, 177º07.98'E]. 

Author

Bray, D.J. 2018

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Seamount Rudderfish, Tubbia stewarti Last, Daley & Duhamel 2013

References


Daley, R.K., Last, P.R., Yearsley, G.K., & Ward, R.D. 1997. South East Fishery Quota Species: an Identification Guide. CSIRO Division of Marine Research, Hobart, 91 pp. (as Tubbia sp.)

Last, P.R., Daley, R.K. & Duhamel, G. 2013. A review of the rudderfish genus Tubbia (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae) with the description of a new species from the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 3616(5): 461–477 

McDowall, R.M. 1979. The centrolophid genus Tubbia :(Pisces : Stromateoidei). Copeia 1979(4): 733-738 figs 1-4 (as Tubbia tasmanica in part)

Stewart, A.L., Last, P.R. & Struthers, C.D. 2015. 235 Family Centrolophidae, pp. 1648-1661 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. (eds) The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 4 pp. 1153-1748.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37445019

Depth:525-1438m (juvs >30m)

Habitat:Epipelagic, mesopelagic

Max Size:56 cm SL

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