Species Trematomus brachysoma (Pappenheim, 1912)
Stocky Rockcod
- Trematomus brachysoma Pappenheim, P. 1912. Die Fische der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903: l. Die Fische der Antarktis und Subantarktis. Deutsche Südpolar Expedition 1901–1903 13(Zool. 5): 163-182 [172].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMB 18904, Winter station of the Gauss, Kaiser Wilhelm II Land.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1913.4.14 (or 15.45?); MB 18903 (6 specimens); MB 18905-11 (2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3 specimens); MB 31604 (5 specimens); MB 31728 (2 specimens); SMNS 4604; ZISP 42512 (Formerly ZMB 18904, 2 specimens); ZMB 18903; ZMB 18904-11 (1, 2, 1 missing, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3 specimens); ZMB 31604 (5 specimens); ZMB 31728 (2 specimens); ZMH 8155 (2 specimens).
Generic Combinations
- Pagothenia brachysoma (Pappenheim, 1912). —
DeWitt, H.H., Heemstra, P.C. & Gon, O. 1990. Nototheniidae. pp. 279-332 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [309] - Trematomus brachysoma (Pappenheim, 1912).
Introduction
Previously placed in the genus Pagothenia, however recent studies show that the species should be placed in Trematomus (Kuhn & Near 2004; Sanchez et al. 2007; Lautrédou et al. 2012).
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Syntype from off Wilhelm II Land (approximately 66°S, 89°E), Australian Antarctic Territory, known from the shores of Ross and Davis Seas and west coast of Antarctic Peninsula so probably throughout AAT; Southern Ocean, possibly circum-Antarctic
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Depth range: 0-30 m. Cryopelagic.
General References
DeWitt, H.H., Heemstra, P.C. & Gon, O. 1990. Nototheniidae. pp. 279-332 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [309] (as Pagothenia brachysoma)
Eastman, J.T. & Eakin, R.R. 2000. An updated species list for notothenioid fish (Perciformes; Notothenioidei), with comments on Antarctic species. Archive of Fishery and Marine Research 48(1): 11-20 [15] (as Pagothenia brachysoma)
Kühn, K.L. & Near, T.J. 2009. Phylogeny of Trematomus (Notothenioidei: Nototheniidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Antarctic Science 21(6): 565-570
Lautrédou, A.-C., Hinsinger, D.D., Gallut, C., Cheng, C.-H.C., Berkani, M., Ozouf-Costaz, C., Cruaud, C., Lecointre, G. & Dettai, A. 2012. Phylogenetic footprints of an Antarctic radiation: The Trematominae (Notothenioidei, Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 87-101
Sanchez, S., Dettaï, A., Bonillo, C., Ozouf-Costaz, C., Detrich H.W. III & Lecointre, G. 2007. Molecular and morphological phylogenies of the Antarctic teleostean family Nototheniidae, with emphasis on the Trematominae. Polar Biology 30: 155-166
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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NOTOTHENIOIDEI | 14-Jun-2015 | ADDED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |