Black Halosaur, Halosauropsis macrochir (Günther 1878)
Other Names: Abyssal Halosaur
Black Halosaur, Halosauropsis macrochir, collected in the Tasman Sea in 2003 on the NORFANZ Expedition. Source: Robin McPhee / NORFANZ Founding Parties. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A greyish-black to bluish-black halosaur, with the top of head, gill isthmus and branchiostegal membranes black, and no scales on top of the head.
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Dianne J. Bray, Halosauropsis macrochir in Fishes of Australia, accessed 22 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2047
Black Halosaur, Halosauropsis macrochir (Günther 1878)
More Info
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Features |
Dorsal fin 11-13. Lateral line with a deeply pigmented sheath; scales present on the opercular bone, absent from top of the head. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on crustaceans, bony fishes, polychaete worms and cephalopod molluscs. |
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Species Citation |
Halosaurus macrochir Günther 1878, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 5 2(2, 22, 28): 250. Type locality: off the Strait of Gibraltar. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
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Black Halosaur, Halosauropsis macrochir (Günther 1878)
References
Bergstad OA, Clark L, Hansen HØ, Cousins N (2012) Distribution, population biology, and trophic ecology of the deepwater demersal fish Halosauropsis macrochir (Pisces: Halosauridae) on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. PLoS ONE 7(2): e31493. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031493 PDF open access
Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Halosauridae, Notacanthidae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Gonorynchidae, Plotosidae, Salmonidae. pp. 215-231 figs 192-206 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.
Günther, A. 1878. Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 2(2, 22, 28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251.
Machida Y, Okamura O, Ohta S (1988) Notes on Halosauropsis macrochir (Halosauridae: Notacanthiformes) from Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 35: 78–82.
Paulin, C.D. & Moreland, J.M. 1979. Halosauridae of the south-west Pacific (Pisces: Teleostei : Notocanthiformes). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6(2): 267-271 fig. 1
Sedberry GR, Musick JA (1978) Feeding strategies of some demersal fishes of the continental slope and rise off the mid-Atlantic coast of the USA. Marine Biology 44: 357–375.
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.
