Madeiran Slickhead, Rouleina maderensis Maul 1948


Other Names: Madeiran Smooth-head

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Madeiran Slickhead, Rouleina maderensis Maul 1948

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Distribution

Recorded from off central New South Wales. Elsewhere the species is widespread throughout the Atlantic, southern Pacific, the western and southern Indian oceans.

Species Citation

Rouleina maderensis Maul 1948, Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 3(5):7, fig. 1. Type locality: off Madeira. 

Author

Bray, D.J. 2017

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Madeiran Slickhead, Rouleina maderensis Maul 1948

References


Knudsen, S., Uiblein, F. & Nielsen, J. 2015. Rouleina maderensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T190264A44737982. Downloaded on 30 July 2016.

Markle, D.F. 1978. Taxomony and distribution of Rouleina attrita and Rouleina maderensis (Pisces: Alepocephalidae). Fisheries Bulletin 176(1): 78-87.

Maul, G.E. 1948. Monografia dos peixes do Museu Municipal do Funchal. Ordem Isospondyli. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 3(5): 5-41.

Sazonov, Y.I. & Markle, D.F. 1999. Family Alepocephalidae. pp. 1888-1893 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. 

Sazonov, Y.I. & Williams, A. 2001. A review of the alepocephalid fishes (Argentiniformes, Alepocephalidae) from the continental slope of Australia: Part I. Journal of Ichthyology 41(suppl. 1): 1-36.

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CAAB Code:37114025

Behaviour:595-1655 m

Conservation:IUCN Data Deficient

Habitat:Benthopelagic

Max Size:32 cm SL

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