Trichiuridae

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 216

Trichiuridae

(cutlassfishes, hairtails)

Benthodesmus macrophthalmus Parin and Becker, 1970 Bigeye Frostfish Benthodesmus macrophthalmus Parin and Becker, 1970: 356 (Arafura Sea) .— Nakamura and Parin 1993: 75 (Arafura Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 1763 (NT; N coast, Arafura Sea).

Near Lynedoch Bank, Arafura Sea.

Lepturacanthus savala (Cuvier, 1829)

Spiny Hairtail

Trichiurus savala Cuvier, 1829: 219 ( Pondicherry, India).— Macleay 1878: 354 (Port Darwin); Davis and May 1989: 159 (East Alligator River mouth).

Lepturacanthus savala — Nakamura and Parin 1993: 101 (northern Australia; map); Larson and Williams 1997: 373 (Port Darwin); Larson 1997: 42 (Kakadu); Larson 1999b: 45 (Kakadu); Hoese et al. 2006: 1764 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, Arafura Sea).

NE of Lynedoch Bank, Arafura Sea.

Tentoriceps cristatus ( Klunzinger 1884) Crested Hairtail Trichiurus cristatus Klunzinger, 1884: 120 (Kossier, Red Sea coast of Egypt). Tentoriceps cristatus — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 346 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 83

(Arafura Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 1765 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

From N of Goodrich Bank to NE of Cape Wessel, Arafura Sea .

Trichiurus auriga Klunzinger, 1884

Pearly Hairtail

Trichiurus auriga Klunzinger, 1884: 120 (Kossier, Red Sea coast of Egypt).— Nakamura and Parin 1993: 104 (Timor Sea; map); Hoese et al. 2006: 1765 (NT; N coast).

Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758

Largehead Hairtail

Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758: 246 (South Carolina, North America).— Sainsbury et al. 1984: 346 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea); Pender et al. 1992: 69 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Nakamura and Parin 1993: 106 (map); Larson and Williams 1997: 373 (Shoal Bay); Larson 2002: 41 (West Alligator River); Hoese et al. 2006: 1765 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast). Darwin Harbour; N of Bowra Shoals to N of Cape Wessel, Arafura Sea.

Trichiurus nickolensis Burhanuddin and Iwatsuki, 2003 Short-tail Hairtail Trichiurus nickolensis Burhanuddin and Iwatsuki, 2003: 271–273 (northeast of Nickol Bay, Western Australia).—

Hoese et al. 2006: 1765 (NT; N coast).

AMS paratype from Arafura Sea .