Nakedsnout Whiptail, Haplomacrourus nudirostris Trunov 1980


Other Names: Naked Snout Rattail

A Nakedsnout Whiptail, Haplomacrourus nudirostris, from off New South Wales. Source: Ken J. Graham / New South Wales Fisheries. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike


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Bray, D.J. 2018, Haplomacrourus nudirostris in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3782

Nakedsnout Whiptail, Haplomacrourus nudirostris Trunov 1980

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Distribution

Coral Sea off Townsville, Queensland, to southwest of King Island, Tasmania, also Norfolk Ridge in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific and south Atlantic.

Species Citation

Haplomacrourus nudirostris Trunov 1980, Voprosy Ikhtiologii 20(1): 3-11 figs 1-2. Type locality: south-eastern Atlantic, off South Africa, 1230-1500 m. [37°09´S, 7°40´E]. 

Author

Bray, D.J. 2018

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Nakedsnout Whiptail, Haplomacrourus nudirostris Trunov 1980

References


Iwamoto, T. 1999. Families Macrouridae, Bathylagidae, Moridae, Bregmacerotidae. pp. 1986-1998 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. 

Iwamoto, T. & Anderson, E. 1994. Review of the grenadiers (Teleostei: Gadiformes) of southern Africa, with descriptions of four new species. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (61): 1-28.

Iwamoto, T. & Graham, K.J. 2001. Grenadiers (Families Bathygadidae and Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Pisces) of New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 52(21): 407-509 figs 1-114 

Paulin, C., Stewart, A., Roberts, C. & McMillan, P. 1989. New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series 19: 1-279 

Trunov, I.A. 1980. A new genus and species of grenadier, Haplomacrourus nudirostris (Osteichthyes, Macrouridae). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 20(1): 3-11 figs 1-2 [in Russian; English transl. J. Ichthyol. 20(1): 1–8]

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37232055

Behaviour:58 cm TL

Biology:Bioluminescent

Depth:690-1590 m

Habitat:Bathypelagic

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