Saccogaster brayae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen 2012
Holotype of Saccogaster brayae, NMV A 29655-002, from off north-western Australia, depth 250-258 m. Source: M. Krag / Natural History Museum of Denmark. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
Known from a single female specimen collected off northwestern Australia in 250-258 m.
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Saccogaster brayae in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Nov 2023, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4844
Saccogaster brayae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen 2012
More Info
Distribution |
North-east of Exmouth, Western Australia (21 00'S, 114 39'E) in 250-258 m. |
Colour |
In preservative: body brown with slightly darker pigment dorsally; head dusky with dark pigment and a dark brown stripe from the eye to the rear of the gill cover. After five years of preservation body uniformly brownish with faint dark pigmentation dorsally. |
Species Citation |
Saccogaster brayae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen 2012, Zootaxa 3579: 7, figs 3, 4, 25. Type locality: ♂, off North-western WA [21°00'49"S, 114°39'09"E to 21°00'47"S, 114°38'54"E]. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
Resources |
Saccogaster brayae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen 2012
References
Nielsen, J.G., Schwarzhans, W. & Cohen, D.M. 2012. Revision of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579: 1-36