Ophidiidae, Rafinesque, 1810

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 : 49-50

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3696.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B11FDC62-C87A-483A-A728-28607EA4EFF9

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A97887FA-4736-FFA9-FF56-8B4CFD273D27

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Ophidiidae
status

 

Ophidiidae View in CoL View at ENA

(cusk eels)

Brotula multibarbata Temminck and Schlegel, 1846

Bearded Cusk

Brotula multibarbata Temminck and Schlegel, 1846: 251 View in CoL (Nagasaki, Japan).

Cape Wessel; E of Lynedoch Bank ; Arafura Sea .

New record for the NT; three lots at NTM (NTM S.15055-001, S.12919-001, S.13573-004).

Hoplobrotula armata (Temminck and Schegel, 1846)

Armoured Cusk

Brotula armata Temminck and Schlegel, 1846: 255 ( Japan) View in CoL .

Hoplobrotula armata View in CoL — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 334 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 312 (off Melville Island, NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 80 (Arafura Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 561 (NT; N coast).

Neobythites macrops Günther, 1887 View in CoL

Spotfin Cusk

Neobythites macrops Günther, 1887: 102 View in CoL , pl. 20, fig. A (off Mindanao, Philippines).— Nielsen 2002: 47 (off Cape Don, Arafura Sea).

Neobythites purus Smith and Radcliffe, 1913 Pure Cusk View in CoL Neobythites (Watasea) purus Smith and Radcliffe View in CoL , in Radcliffe, 1913: 141 (Destacado Island, between Samar and

Masbate, Philippines).— Paxton et al. 1989: 313 (off Melville Island, NT); Nielsen 2002: 72 (Arafura Sea);

Hoese et al. 2006: 564 (NT; N coast, off Melville Island).

Neobythites unimaculatus Smith and Radcliffe, 1913 View in CoL

Onespot Cusk

Neobythites (Watasea) unimaculatus Smith and Radcliffe, 1913 View in CoL , in Radcliffe, 1913: 140, pl.7, fig.2 (off Borneo).— Nielsen 2002: 95 (Arafura Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 564 (NT; N coast, Arafura Sea).

Arafura Sea.

Ophidion muraenolepis ( Günther, 1880) View in CoL

Blackedge Cusk

Ophidium muraenolepis Günther, 1880: 46 (Ki Islands) View in CoL .

Ophidion muraenolepis View in CoL — Ramm 1997: 13 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E); Nielsen et al. 1999: 40 (Arafura Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 564 (NT; N coast).

Sirembo imberbis (Temminck and Schegel, 1846) Golden Cusk View in CoL Brotula imberbis Temminck and Schlegel, 1846: 253 ( Japan) View in CoL . Sirembo imberbis View in CoL —Gloerfeldt-Tarp and Kailola 1983: 313 (12 21'S 129 02'E); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 334 (Region

D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 314 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 80 (Arafura Sea);

Pender et al. 1992: 66 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Hoese et al. 2006: 565 (NT; N coast).

Spottobrotula amaculata Cohen and Nielsen, 1982 Lined Cusk View in CoL Spottobrotula amaculata Cohen and Nielsen, 1982: 497 View in CoL (Visayan Sea between northern Negros and Masbate Is.,

Philippines).— Ramm 1997: 13 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E) .

N of Cape Don; N of Bathurst Island.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Ophidiiformes

Family

Ophidiidae

Loc

Ophidiidae

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P. 2013
2013
Loc

Ophidion muraenolepis

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 564
Nielsen, J. G. & Cohen, D. M. & Markle, D. F. & Robins, C. R. 1999: 40
Ramm, D. C. 1997: 13
1997
Loc

Hoplobrotula armata

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 561
Paxton, J. R. & Hoese, D. F. & Allen, G. R. & Hanley, J. E. 1989: 312
Russell, B. C. & Houston, W. 1989: 80
Sainsbury, K. J. & Kailola, P. J. & Leyland, G. G. 1984: 334
1984
Loc

Spottobrotula amaculata

Cohen, D. M. & Nielsen, J. G. 1982: 497
1982
Loc

Neobythites purus Smith and Radcliffe, 1913 Pure Cusk

Radcliffe, L. 1913: 141
1913
Loc

Neobythites (Watasea) unimaculatus Smith and Radcliffe, 1913

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D. J. & Paxton, J. R. & Allen, G. R. 2006: 564
Nielsen, J. G. 2002: 95
Radcliffe, L. 1913: 140
1913
Loc

Neobythites macrops Günther, 1887: 102

Nielsen, J. G. 2002: 47
Gunther, A. 1887: 102
1887
Loc

Ophidium muraenolepis Günther, 1880: 46 (Ki Islands)

Gunther, A. 1880: 46
1880
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