Ladder Eel, Scalanago lateralis Whitley 1935
Illustration of a Ladder Eel, Scalanago lateralis. Source: Peter Castle, in Gomon, Glover & Kuiter (eds). (1994) The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A poorly known pale tan conger eel with a ladder-like lateral line complex.
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Scalanago lateralis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 23 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3451
Ladder Eel, Scalanago lateralis Whitley 1935
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Distribution |
Off Broken Bay to northeast of Tathra, New South Wales, and from Venus Bay, Great Australian Bight, South Australia, to off Geraldton, Western Australia. Elsewhere the species occurs in New Zealand. |
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Features |
Pectoral fin 13; Vertebrae 132. Body slender, little compressed along tail, depth about 6.5% TL; head length 18-20% TL; mouth not reaching to below middle of eye; jaws with 2-3 rows of small conical teeth; "premaxillary" teeth sharper, in small oval patch, distinct from teeth on vomer; vomerine teeth rounded, in tear-drop shaped patch; gill opening small, mid-lateral. Lateral line complex with dorsal and ventral extensions forming ladder-like structure along body from head to near tail tip, each extension with double row of pores; pores also on head. Dorsal, caudal and anal fins continuous; dorsal-fin origin over middle of small fin origin above middle of pectoral fin, slender pectoral fin. |
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Species Citation |
Scalanago lateralis Whitley 1935, Rec. Aust. Mus. 19(4): 218, fig. 2. Type locality: Bondi Beach, Sydney, NSW. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Resources |
Ladder Eel, Scalanago lateralis Whitley 1935
References
Castle, P.H.J. 1994. Families Serrivomeridae, Muraenidae, Nemichthyidae, Congridae. pp. 205-215 figs 182-191, 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.
Smith, D.G. 2008. Family Congridae. pp. 174-179, in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.
Smith, D.G. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. 43 Family Congridae, pp. 269-283, in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. 2015. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576.
Whitley, G.P. 1935. Studies in Ichthyology No. 9. Records of the Australian Museum 19(4): 215-250 figs 1-11 pl. 18 DOI:10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1935.700 See ref online, open access
