Paraliparis membranaceus Gunther 1887
Description
Paraliparis membranaceus Günther, 1887
– No common name
The holotype of P. membranaceus was caught on the 10 th of January 1876, off Cabo San Vicente, Sarmiento Channel, Chile, BMNH 1887.12.7.20, “Challenger” Sta. 310, 74.0500º W, 51.4583º S.
According to Stein (2005), information on the collection area was obscure but unequivocal (Murray 1895). Over time, erroneous reports of the occurrence of P. membranaceus accumulated in literature. In fact, Günther’s (1887) description omitted mentioning that it was from Chile (“... off Cape St. Vincent, Station 310...”). Subsequent authors did not verify the actual collection data, and even the Natural History Museum online catalogue included incorrect collection data that have subsequently been corrected (Stein 2005). Burke (1930) also omitted the information that the specimen was from the fjord waters of southern Chile, and Nobre (1935) and Albuquerque (1954 –1956) referred to Günther and Burke. Still later, Lindberg (1973) misinterpreted “Cape St. Vincent ” as meaning “off Portugal ”, i.e. the Cape St. Vincent, which is the best known geographic feature of the south coast of Portugal. Stein & Able (1986) cited Lindberg. The species P. membranaceus was omitted from the reviews of Chilean liparids (Stein et al. 1991) and of Southern Ocean species (Andriashev 1998, 2003). The P. membranaceus record off mainland Portugal is erroneous. For this reason this species is not included in this list.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Family
- Liparidae
- Genus
- Paraliparis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Scorpaeniformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Gunther
- Species
- membranaceus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Paraliparis membranaceus Gunther, 1887 sec. Carneiro, Martins, Landi & Costa, 2014
References
- Stein D. L. 2005. Descriptions of four new species, redescription of Paraliparis membranaceus, and additional data on species of the fish family Liparidae (Pisces, Scorpaeniformes) from the west coast of South America and the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 1019: 1 - 25.
- Murray J. 1895. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of HMS " Challenger ". A Summary of the Scientific Results, Part. 2. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 797 - 1608.
- Nobre A. 1935. Fauna Marinha de Portugal. I. Vertebrados (Mamiferos, Repteis e Peixes). Companhia Editora do Minho, Barcelos.
- Albuquerque R. M. 1954 - 1956. Peixes de Portugal e Ilhas Adjacentes (Chaves para a sua determinacao). Portugaliae Acta Biologica, Lisboa.
- Stein D. L. & Able K. J. 1986. Liparididae. In: Whitehead P. J. P., Bauchot M. - L., Hureau J. - C., Nielsen J. & Tortonese E. (eds) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (FNAM III). UNESCO, Paris, 1275 - 1283.
- Stein D. L., Melendez C. R. & Kong U. I. 1991. A review of Chilean snailfishes (Liparididae, Scorpaeniformes) with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Copeia 1991 (2): 358 - 373.
- Andriashev A. P. 1998. A review of recent studies of Southern Ocean Liparidae (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes). Cybium, 22 (3): 255 - 266.
- Andriashev A. P. 2003. Liparid fishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of the Southern Ocean and adjacent waters. Results of Russian Antarctic Expeditions 9. Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas, 53 (61): 1 - 477.