Bolin's Gelatinous Cusk, Paraphyonus bolini Nielsen 1974

Bolin's Blind Cusk, Paraphyonus bolini, from off Newcastle, New South Wales, depth 4173–4280 m. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A pinkish gelatinous cusk with with loose, scaleless, semi-transparent skin, no externally visible eyes, and a dark peritoneum. The species lacks pigment on the side of the body, and has no black pigmentation laterally in the roof of the mouth.

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Bolin's Gelatinous Cusk, Paraphyonus bolini Nielsen 1974

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Distribution	Off Fraser Island, Queensland, to off Newcastle, New South Wales, at depths of 3762-4280 m. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific: off Madagascar, South China Sea and off Vanuatu. Inhabits the continental rise and abyssal plain.
Biology	Species in the enus Barathronus are viviparous (live-bearers), giving birth to live young.
Similar Species	Differs from the other species in the genus in having the following combination of characters: long rakers on the anterior gill arch 11–15, pectoral fin rays 13–17, anterior anal-fin ray below dorsal-fin ray 14–19, dorsal-fin origin above vertebra 18–22, precaudal vertebrae 26–30, preanal length 49.5–60 % SL; no black pigmentation laterally in roof of mouth.
Etymology	The species is named in honour of marine biologist Rolf Bolin, who collected the type specimen.
Species Citation	Aphyonus bolini Nielsen 1974, Steenstrupia 3(16): 179, Fig. 1. Type locality: South China Sea, 15°38'N, 111°54'E, depth 1234-1264 m.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Bolin's Gelatinous Cusk, Paraphyonus bolini Nielsen 1974

References

Cohen, D.M. & Nielsen, J.G. 1978. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. NOAA Technical Report NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) Circular No. 417: 1-72.

Nielsen, J.G. 1974. Aphyonus bolini, a new deep sea fish from the South China Sea (Pisces, Ophidioidei, Aphyonidae). Steenstrupia 3(16): 179-182.

Nielsen, J.G. 1997. Deepwater ophidiiform fishes from off New Caledonia with six new species. In, Séret, B. (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, v. 17. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 174: 51-82

Nielsen. J.G. 1999. Families Carapidae, Ophidiidae, Bythitidae, Aphionidae. pp. 1978-1985 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.

Nielsen, J.G. 2015. Revision of the aphyonid genus Aphyonus (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes) with a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 4039(2): 323-344.

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp.