Pelagic Cusk, Pycnocraspedum squamipinne Alcock 1889
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Pelagic Cusk, Pycnocraspedum squamipinne Alcock 1889
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Distribution |
Off Port Hedland, Western Australia. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from the east coast of Africa to off New Caledonia. |
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Species Citation |
Pycnocraspedum squamipinne Alcock 1889, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 4(54, 57): 386. Type locality: Bay of Bengal, 20°17'30"N, 88°50'E, Investigator, depth 193 fathoms. |
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Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Pelagic Cusk, Pycnocraspedum squamipinne Alcock 1889
References
Alcock, A.W. 1889. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, Commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., commanding. — No. 13. On the bathybial fishes of the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring waters, obtained during the seasons 1885–1889. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 4(54, 57): 376-399, 450-461 See ref at BHL
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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.
Teena, J.T.K., Murugan, A., Kumar, A.T.T. & Lal, K.K. 2021. Redescription of a rare cusk eel, Pycnocraspedum squamipinne (Actinopterygii, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae), from Bay of Bengal. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 51(1): 77-83. https://doi.org/10.3897/aiep.51.63469
