- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- AULOPIFORMES
- AULOPIDAE
- Hime
- diactithrix
Hime diactithrix (Prokofiev 2008)
Hime diactithrix. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Hime diactithrix in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4911
Hime diactithrix (Prokofiev 2008)
More Info
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Distribution |
Northern Western Australia, SW of Shark Bay to SW of Scott Reef, in depths of 199-299 m. Elsewhere the species is known from Vietnam and Japan. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin 17; Anal fin 10; Pectoral fin 12; Pelvic fin 9; Caudal fin viii + I + 9 + 8 + I = vii (viii–ix + I + 9 + 8 + I = vii–viii), Lateral line scales 38-42; Pyloric caecae 10-12; GR 13-15; Vertebrae 26-27 + 15-16 = 42. Length of insertion of dorsal fin significantly exceeding distance from its end to beginning of adipose fin, eye diameter greater than snout length, dorsal fin with the second ray filamentous in males, and the last five rays elongated compared with the preceding rays. |
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Remarks |
Other names used in Australia: Hime formosana [Australian Faunal Directory]; Hime sp. 4 [of G. Yearsley]; Aulopus sp. 4 [of G. Yearsley]; Aulopus sp. [in Sainsbury et al, 1985] |
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Etymology |
The species name diactithrix is from the Greek di (two), actis (ray), and thrix (filament), in reference to the extremely elongated second dorsal-fin ray in males. |
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Species Citation |
Aulopus diactithrix Prokofiev 2008, J. Ichthyol. 48(1): 134, Fig. Type locality: Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
Hime diactithrix (Prokofiev 2008)
References
Gomon, M.F., Struthers, C.D. & Stewart, A.L. 2013. A new genus and two new species of the Family Aulopidae (Aulopiformes), commonly referred to as aulopus, flagfins, sergeant bakers or threadsails, in Australasian waters. Species Diversity 18: 141–161. (as Hime formosanus)
Gomon, M.F. & Struthers, C.D. 2015. Three new fishes of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Hime (Aulopidae, Aulopiformes), all resembling the type species H. japonica (Günther 1877). Zootaxa 4044(3): 371-390.
Prokofiev, A.M. 2008. A new species of the genus Aulopus from the waters of Vietnam (Myctophiformes s. lato: Aulopidae). Journal of Ichthyology 48: 134–137.
Prokofiev, A.M. 2012. Conspecificity of Aulopus formosanus and A. diactithrix (Aulopidae) and differences between the populations from Taiwan and Vietnam. Journal of Ichthyology 52: 412–416.
