Bigeye Whiptail, Hymenocephalus megalops Iwamoto & Merrett 1997
Paratype of the Bigeye Whiptail, Hymenocephalus megalops, from NE of Whitsunday Island group, Marion Plateau, off Queensland, 646–642 m, 24 Nov 1985, CSIRO H 1166-01 (23.6 mm HL, 147 mm TL). Source: Carl Struthers / Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A membranehead with small scattered melanophores ventrally on the trunk, a large eye (orbit diameter 40–48 % HL), a broad band (4–5 rows) of very small uniform-sized teeth in the lower jaw, gill rakers on the first arch (outer/inner) 12–19/20–24, and the anterior portion of the tail with no mid-lateral line of melanophores.
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Hymenocephalus megalops in Fishes of Australia, accessed 12 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3787
Bigeye Whiptail, Hymenocephalus megalops Iwamoto & Merrett 1997
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Distribution |
Occurs at latitudes approximately 11º 53′S to 24º 40′ S (Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997), including the Marion Plateau (northeast Australia), Wallis and Futuna Islands, Chesterfield Plateau, and the New Caledonia region. |
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Bray, D.J. 2017 |
Bigeye Whiptail, Hymenocephalus megalops Iwamoto & Merrett 1997
References
Iwamoto, T. & Merrett, N.R. 1997. Pisces Gadiformes: Taxonomy of grenadiers of the New Caledonian region, southwest Pacific. In: Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 18. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 176: 473–570.
McMillan, P. & T. Iwamoto. 2014. Descriptions of four species of grenadier fishes of the genera Hymenocephalus and Hymenogadus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the New Zealand region and Tasman Sea, including two new species of Hymenocephalus. Zootaxa 3856(1): 117-134.
