Ventrad Spiderfish, Bathypterois ventralis Garman 1899
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Ventrad Spiderfish, Bathypterois ventralis Garman 1899
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Distribution |
Off Kalbarri to south-west of Scott Reef, Western Australia. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, discontinuous (east Pacific). |
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Biology |
Spiderfishes (family Ipnopidae) are simultaneous hermaphrodites. Individuals have an ovotestis containing functional male and female reproductive tissue. |
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Species Citation |
Bathypterois ventralis Garman 1899, Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 24: 256, pl. 55(fig. 1). Type locality: west coast of Mexico [16°23´N, 99°52´30"W]. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Ventrad Spiderfish, Bathypterois ventralis Garman 1899
References
Garman, S. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. 26. The fishes. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 24: 1-431, 98 pls
Sulak, K.J. 1977. The systematics and biology of Bathypterois (Pisces, Chlorophthalmidae) with a revised classification of benthic myctophiform fishes. Galathea Report 14: 49-108, Pls. 1-7. See ref online (pdf)
Williams, A., Koslow, J.A. & Last, P.R. 2001. Diversity, density and community structure of the demersal fish fauna of the continental slope off western Australia (20 to 35° S). Marine Ecology Progress Series 212: 247–263
Williams, A., Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Paxton, J.R. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20–35º). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 135-155
