Saddled Pearlside, Argyripnus ephippiatus Gilbert & Cramer 1897
Other Names: Gilbert & Cramer's Bristle-mouth Fish
Illustration of the type of the Saddled Pearlside, Argyripnus ephippiatus. Source: Pl. 39(2), in Gilbert & Cramer (1897) Proc. U. S. Natl Mus. 19(1114): 403-435 / Biodiversity Heritage Library. License: CC by Attribution
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Argyripnus ephippiatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 04 Nov 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3936
Saddled Pearlside, Argyripnus ephippiatus Gilbert & Cramer 1897
More Info
Distribution |
North West Shelf, Western Australia, and the Coral Sea off the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere the species is known from off Japan and Hawaii. |
Feeding |
Feeds mostly on zooplankton, crustaceans, annelids, molluscs and other fishes. |
Species Citation |
Argyripnus ephippiatus Gilbert & Cramer 1897, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 19(1114): 403-435 pls 36-48: 414, pl. 39(2). Type locality: Hawaiian Islands, 21°12'N, 157°49'W, Albatross station 3472, depth 295 fathoms |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
Resources |
Saddled Pearlside, Argyripnus ephippiatus Gilbert & Cramer 1897
References
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 See ref at BHL
Harold, A.S. 1999. Families Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae, Phosichthyidae, Astronesthidae, Stomiidae, Chauliodontidae, Melanostomiidae, Idiacanthidae, Malacosteidae. pp. 1896-1917 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.
Harold, A. 2020. Argyripnus ephippiatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T137463132A137467468. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T137463132A137467468.en. Downloaded on 19 November 2021.
Struhsaker, P. 1973. Argyripnus brocki, a new species of stomiatoid fish from Hawaii, with observations on A. ephippiatus and A. iridescens. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 71(3): 827-836 figs 1-3