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Observations on some Tasmanian fishes: Part XXVIII
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Abstract
OPHICHTHYIDAE. Ophisurus serpens Linne, 1758: large scale stranding on Flinders Island; specimens described, compared with earlier material. NOMEIDAE. Cubiceps caeruleus Regan, 1914: first Tasmanian record; general account; ventral rays. REGALECIDAE. Regalecus paciJicus Haast, 1878: general account, with photographs, of two recent local strandings; color pattern. CARANGIDAE. Trachurus novaezelandiae Richardson, 1843: additional records; comparison with first Tasmanian specimen, reported as T. mccullochi Nichols, 1920.
SCOMBRIDAE. Gasterochisma melampus Richardson, 1845: specimen from western Tasmania (Earthwatch); comparison with earlier material; height of dorsal and anal finlets functions of dorsal and ventral body profiles. BOVICHTHYIDAE. Pseudaphritis bursinus (Cuvier, 1830): considered senior synonym of P. urvillii; detailed study with a critical review of published accounts of species; differential growth; length of ventral rays a function of height of body.
Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: | Scott, EOG |
Keywords: | Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library |
Journal or Publication Title: | Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |
ISSN: | 0080-4703 |
DOI / ID Number: | https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.116.181 |
Collections: | Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |
Additional Information: | Copyright Royal Society of Tasmania |
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