- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- GADIFORMES
- MACROURIDAE
- Kumba
- gymnorhynchus
Smoothsnout Whiptail, Kumba gymnorhynchus Iwamoto & Sazonov 1994
Smoothsnout Whiptail, Kumba gymnorhynchus. Source: Tomio Iwamoto via Atlas of Living Australia. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A dark brown grenadier with a lighter brown head, a black ring around the eye and a black upper lip, a pale lower jaw and minute pale chin barbel, and darker operculum, gills, chest, abdominal area and pelvic-fin base. The species has an extensive naked area on the underside of head that extends over the top of the snout.
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Bray, D.J. 2023, Kumba gymnorhynchus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 04 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1752
Smoothsnout Whiptail, Kumba gymnorhynchus Iwamoto & Sazonov 1994
More Info
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Distribution |
Off Albany, Western Australia; also the Cocos (Keeling) Islands region in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the south-eastern Indian Ocean, South China Sea, and New Zealand - off the east coast and the Chatham Rise. Inhabits seamounts ridges and rises. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin II,10-11; Pectoral fin i20-24; Pelvic fin 10-11; Gill rakers 11; Branchiostegal rays 7. Head firm head, not inflated, sensory canals lacking pores. Scaleless part of snout extending to lateral nasal angles but not onto forehead. Orbit diameter about 26% of head length; snout slightly longer than orbit; interorbital about equal to the orbit; upper jaw 40-43% HL; barbel minute, about 6-7% HL. Spinous second ray of first dorsal fin with small toothlike serrations. Body scales with 3-7 divergent rows of reclined spinules; membranes of basal parts of pectoral, pelvic, first dorsal fins and anal fin covered in scales that lack ridges and spinules. Anus in middle third of space between pelvic anal anal fins; lens of luminescent organ immediately anterior to anus. |
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Etymology |
The specific name gymnorhynchus is from the Greek gymnos (= naked) and rhynchos (= snout), in reference to the extensive naked area on the underside of head that extends over the top of the snout. |
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Species Citation |
Kumba gymnorhynchus Iwamoto & Sazonov 1994, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 48(11): 229, figs 3-4. Type locality: Indian Ocean, West Australian Ridge (Broken Ridge), 30°46'S, 93°20'E, depth 1260-1370 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2023 |
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Resources |
Smoothsnout Whiptail, Kumba gymnorhynchus Iwamoto & Sazonov 1994
References
Iwamoto, T., Nakayama, N., Shao, K.-T. & Ho, H.-C. 2015. Synopsis of the grenadier fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4)62(3): 31-126. See ref at BHL
Iwamoto, T. & Sazonov, Y.I. 1994. Revision of the genus Kumba (Pisces: Gadiformes, Macrouridae), with description of three new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 48(11): 221-237, figs 1-9 See ref at BHL
McMillan, P.J. & Iwamoto, T. 2015. 103 Family Macrouridae. pp. 747-827 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152.
