Shortsnout Cucumberfish, Paraulopus brevirostris (Fourmanoir 1981)

Summary:

A cucumberfish with no dark markings on the dorsal and caudal fins.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Paraulopus brevirostris in Fishes of Australia, accessed 17 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4351

Shortsnout Cucumberfish, Paraulopus brevirostris (Fourmanoir 1981)

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Distribution	SE of Vulcan Shoal, Timor Sea (12°50´S) to north of Bathurst Island, Arafura Sea, NT (130°10´E) and Coral Sea off QLD (17°21´S - 17°41´S); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
Features	Dorsal fin 11; Anal fin 8-9; Pectoral fin 12-14; Gill rakers 16-19; Vertebrae 42-43. Pectoral fin short, not reaching posteriorly to posterior end of dorsal fin base; pelvic fin very long, length 24.6-30.9% of SL.
Etymology	The specific name brevirostris is from the Latin brevis (= short) and rostris (= snout), in reference to the short blunt snout of this species.
Species Citation	Chlorophthalmus brevirostris Fourmanoir 1981, Mémoires de l'ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer) 91(3): 87, fig. 2. Type locality: Philippines.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Shortsnout Cucumberfish, Paraulopus brevirostris (Fourmanoir 1981)

References

Fourmanoir, P. 1981. Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom. 1. Philippines (18-28 mars 1976). Poissons (première liste). Mémoires. Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer. Paris 91: 85-102

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. (as Chlorophthalmus sp. 1)

Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293

Last, P.R., Pogonoski, J.J., Gledhill, D.C. White, W.T. & Walker, C.J. 2014. The deepwater demersal ichthyofauna of the western Coral Sea. Zootaxa 3887 (2): 191–224 (as Paraulopus cf. brevirostris, considered Coral Sea population to be endemic species)

Paxton, J.R. & Niem, V.H. 1999. Families Aulopidae, Chlorophthalmidae, Ipnopidae, Scopelarchidae, Notosudidae. pp. 1919-1927 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. (as Chlorophthalmus albimaculatus)

Russell, B., Holleman, W., Fennessy, S. & Maunde, C. 2020. Paraulopus brevirostris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T123334430A123335011. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123334430A123335011.en. Downloaded on 19 October 2020.

Sato, T. & Nakabo, T. 2002. Paraulopidae and Paraulopus, a new family and genus of aulopiform fishes with revised relationships within the order. Ichthyological Research 49(1): 25-46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s102280200004 (as Chlorophthalmus albimaculatus)

Sato, T. & Nakabo, T. 2002. Two new species of Paraulopus (Osteichthyes: Aulopiformes) from New Zealand and eastern Australia, and comparisons with P. nigripinnis. Species Diversity 7: 393-404

Sato, T. & Nakabo, T. 2003. A revision of the Paraulopus oblongus group (Aulopiformes: Paraulopidae) with description of a new species. Ichthyological Research 50(2): 164-177 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-002-0156-0