False Cusk, Parabrotula plagiophthalmus Zugmayer 1911

Illustration of the holotype of the False Cusk, Parabrotula plagiophthalmus. Source: Zugmayer 1911 Poissons provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice (1901-1910). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert 1er Monaco. Fasc. 35: 129, Pl. 6 (fig. 5) . License: Copyright expired

Summary:

A rare dark brown deepwater pelagic live-bearing cusk with a slender eel-like body, a pointed snout, a large gill opening and thin, loose skin.
Until the molecular study of Campbell et al. (2017) the genus Parabrotula had been placed in its own family, the Parabrotulidae.

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False Cusk, Parabrotula plagiophthalmus Zugmayer 1911

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Distribution	Off Wollongong, New South Wales, to south of Point Hicks, Victoria. Elsewhere the species is circumglobal in tropical and temperate waters. Depth range in Australia 900-1000 m.
Features	Dorsal fin 37-41; Anal fin 34-38. Body long, naked, compressed; snout pointed; gill opening large; skin loose, thin but not gelatinous.
Biology	All species in the famly Bythitidae are viviparous (live bearers).
Etymology	The specific name plagiophthalmus is from the Greek plagios (= oblique) and ophthalmos (= eye).
Species Citation	Parabrotula plagiophthalmus Zugmayer 1911, Bull. l'Inst. Océanogr. Monaco 193: 10. Type locality: (Station 2870), north-east of Azores, 0-1500m [43°04´N, 19°42´W].
Author	Bray, D.J. 2019
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

False Cusk, Parabrotula plagiophthalmus Zugmayer 1911

References

Anderson, M.E. 1986. Family 95: Parabrotulidae. 343 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P. (eds) Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls.

Campbell, M.A., Nielsen, J.G., Sado, T., Shinzato, C., Kanda, M., Satoh, T.P. & Miya, M. 2017. Evolutionary affinities of the unfathomable Parabrotulidae: molecular data indicate placement of Parabrotula within the family Bythitidae, Ophidiiformes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109: 337-342http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.02.004

Carpenter, K.E., Smith-Vaniz, W.F., de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. 2015. Parabrotula plagiophthalma. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T60482248A60800129. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60482248A60800129.en. Downloaded on 27 August 2019.

Hoese, D.F. 2006. Parabrotulidae. 577 in Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3 2178 pp.

Kimura, S., Kohno, Y., Tsukamoto, Y. & Okiyama, M. 1990. Record of the parabrotulid fish Parabrotula plagiophthalma from Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 37(3): 318-320 https://doi.org/10.11369/jji1950.37.318, open access

Nielsen, J.G., Badcock, J. & Merrett, N.R. 1990. New data elucidating the taxonomy and ecology of the Parabrotulidae (Pisces: Zoarcoidei). Journal of Fish Biology 37: 437-448 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1990.tb05874.x

Nielsen, J.G. 1986. Parabrotulidae. In: P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen & E. Tortonese (eds), Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, pp. 1151-1152. UNESCO, Paris.

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls.

Zugmayer, E. 1911. Diagnoses des poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse Alice (1901 à 1910). Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique Monaco 193: 1-14.

Zugmayer, E. 1911. Poissons provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice (1901–1910). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I, Monaco 35: 1–174.