Garman's Cusk, Monomitopus garmani (Smith & Radcliffe 1913)


Illustration of the holotype of Garman's Cusk, Monomitopus garmani. Source: Pl. 10 (fig. 1) from Smith & Radcliffe, in Radcliffe (1913) Proc. U.S. Natl Mus. 44(1948) / Biodiversity Heritage Library. License: CC by Attribution


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Bray, D.J. 2018, Monomitopus garmani in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3888

Garman's Cusk, Monomitopus garmani (Smith & Radcliffe 1913)

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Distribution

Queensland Plateau (17°27-30'S). Elsewhere the species is known from Known from Indonesia to New Caledonia at depths of 822-1220 m

Features

Dorsal fin 92-96; Anal fin 76-82; Caudal fin 7-8; Pectoral fin 29-32; Precaudal vertebrae 12, total vertebrae 57-58; Gill rakers (anterior first arch) long, slender 15-18 (not including 3-4 relatively long, robust rakers on dorsal branch); Pseudobranchial filaments 2; anterior dorsal fin-ray above vertebra no. 5-6; anterior anal fin-ray below dorsal fin-ray 16-19 and below vertebra no. 15. 
Head 20.5-22.5 % and horizontal eye diameter 4.3-5.0 % SL.

Species Citation

Monomeropus garmani Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe 1913, Proc. U.S. Natl Mus. 44(1948): 151, pl. 10(1). Type locality: Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 678 fathoms. [0°36'00"S, 122°01'00"E]. 

Author

Bray, D.J. 2018

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Garman's Cusk, Monomitopus garmani (Smith & Radcliffe 1913)

References


Carter, H. J. & Cohen, D.M. 1985. Monomitopus magnus, a new species of deep-sea fish (Ophidiidae) from the western North Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science 36(1): 86-95 

Cohen, D.M. & Nielsen, J.G. 1978. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 417: 1-72 figs 1-103 

Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) Neue Serie 4: 341-463 

Nielsen, J.G. 1997. Deepwater ophidiiform fishes from off New Caledonia with six new species. In, Séret, B. (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 17. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 174: 51-82

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp. 

Nielsen. J.G. 1999. Families Carapidae, Ophidiidae, Bythitidae, Aphionidae. pp. 1978-1985 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.

Smith, H.M. & Radcliffe, L. in Radcliffe, L. 1913. Descriptions of seven new genera and thirty-one new species of fishes of the families Brotulidae and Carapidae from the Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1948): 135-176 pls 7-17

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CAAB Code:37228078

Depth:822–1220 m

Max Size:19.2 cm SL

Max Size:Benthopelagic

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