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(CHORDATES) in the TASMANIAN MUSEUM by A.P Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, Volume 126, 1992 109 A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE TYPE MATERIAL (CHORDATES) IN THE TASMANIAN MUSEUM by A.P. Andrews ANDREWS, A.P., 1992 (31 :x): A descriptive catalogue of the type material (chordates) in the Tasmanian Museum. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 126: 109-113. https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.126.109 ISSN 0080-4703. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 40 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7000. A classified list of the chordate type specimens, including references and collection data, is given together with notes on condition. Key Words: chordates, types, catalogue, Tasmania. INTRODUCTION Class TELEOSTOMI Order CLUPEIFORMES A total of 87 type specimens of the Phylum Chordata is Family STERNOPTYCHIDAE registered in the collections of the Tasmanian Museum and Genus Polyipnus Gunther, 1887 Art Gallery. This catalogue lists the types, together with the Po/yipnus tridentifer McCulloch, 1914 original name and reference. Subsequent changes in taxonomy Biol. Res. Endeavour 2(3), 3 Jul. 1914: 87 are recorded where necessary. Also included are the collection data, where known with certainty, a brief description of each Syn types: 0151 (5), spirit specimens. specimen and notes on the condition. The old registration Locality: Great Australian Bight, 800-900 m, 14 May 1913, numbers are included where applicable, together with those FIS Endeavour. in current use (which should be cited). Note: Some fin damage but otherwise in good condition. The practice adopted by Andrews (1971) and Green Old registration number 037. (197 4) of listing all available registered data is followed, irrespective of whether the specimens could be located at the time of writing. Order SALMONIFORMES Family GALAXIIDAE Phylum CHORDATA Genus Ga/axias Cuvier, 1816 Galaxias fontanus Fulton, 1978 Rec. Queen Viet. Mus. 63: 1 Subphylum TUNICATA Class ASCIDEACEA Holotype: 0131 7, spirit specimen. Suborder STOLIDOBRANCHIA Paratypes: 01318-01321 (4), spirit specimens. Family PYURIDAE Locality: Swan River, Tasmania, 22 Feb. 1978, W. Fulton Genus Pyura Molina, 1872 and R. McOowall. Pyura tasmanensis Kott, 1985 Note: Condition excellent. Mem. QldMus. 23, 1985: 331 Galaxias parvus Frankenberg, 1968 Holotype: 01881, spirit specimen. Aust. Zoo!. l 4(3), 1968: 270 Paratypes: 01877 (7), spirit specimens. Locality: Ralphs Bay Neck Canal, Tasmania, 15 Aug. 1938, Holotype: 0940, spirit specimen. R. Hetherington. Locality: Lake Pedder, Tasmania, 1-3 Feb. 1967, Note: The holotype and para types were selected from a R. Frankenberg. sample originally registered as 0720. Condition good. Note: This species was described before the full size range was known, resulting in a juvenile being selected as the holotype. The size of adult G. parvus is given by Andrews (1976). Subphylum VERTEBRATA Condition excellent. Class ELASMOBRANCHII Order SOUALIFORMES Galaxias pedderensis Frankenberg, 1968 Family SQUALIDAE Aust. Zoo!. 14(3), 1968: 268 Genus Centrina Cuvier, 1816 Centrina bruniensis Ogilby, 1893 Holotype: 0941, spirit specimen. Rec. Aust. Mus. 2(5), 1893: 62 Locality: Lake Pedder, Tasmania, 1-3 Feb. 1967, = Oxynotus bruniensis (Ogilby), 1893 R. Frankenberg. Note: As the holotype is only 49 mm standard length, it is clearly a juvenile specimen. Adult G. pedderensis can attain a Holotype: 0154, dried mounted skin. standard length of 97 mm (Andrews 1976). Condition Locality: Bruny Island, Tasmania, date and collector excellent. unknown. Note: Collected as a dead beach-washed specimen and is in a fair state of preservation. Old registration numberTM3079. 11 J A. P. Andrews Galaxias tanycephalus Fulton, 'i 97'8 Paragalaxias ju/janus McDowall and Fulton, 1978 Aust. J Mar. Freshw. Res. 1978: 110 Aust. j. Mar. Freshw. Res. 29, 1978: 660 Holotype: D1266, spirit specimen. Holotype: D 1327, spirit specimen. Paratypes: D1267-D1269 (3), spirit specimens Paratypes: D 1.328-D 1331 (4), spirit specimens. Locality: Arthurs Lake, Tasmania, 7 Apr. 1976. W, Fulton. Locality: Julian Lakes, Tasmania, 25 Feb. 1978, R. McDowall Note: Condition excellent. and W. Fulton. Note: Paratypes were taken from Lake Field and Lake Galaxias niger Andrews, 1985 Dudleywhich are part ofthe Julian Lakes complex. Condition Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 119, 1985: 56 excellent. Holotype: D 1926, spirit specimen. Paratypes: D 1927, D 1928 (2), spirit specimens. Order LOPHIIFORMES Locality: Reservoir Lakes, Tasmania, 21 Mar. 1984, Family ANTENNARIiDAE P. Andrews. Genus Antennarius Cuvier, 1816 Note: Fulton (1990), without justification, implied confusion Antennarius mitchelli Morton, 1897 between this species and C. brevipinnis Gunther. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasmo 1897: 98 the two are clearly distinct and can be distinguished on = Trichophryne mitchelli (Morton), '1897 meristic data alone. Dorsal fin rays in C. niger range from 8-10 with a mean of 9.2 from 20 counts, whereas Iiolotype: D 136, spirit specimen. C. brevipinnisranged from 11-14 with a mean of 13.9 from Locality: Lisdillon, east coast, Tasmania, 1895, Miss Mitchell. 34 counts. Similarly, anal fin rays in C. niger ranged from 9- Note; Old registration number TM3566 and TM5163. This II with a mean of 10.1 as against a range of 12-15, mean specimen was apparently registered twice, in error, under the 13.9, in C. brevipinnis. TM system. Condition good. Other differences include the absence of enlarged lateral canine teeth in C. niger, together with the reduced pyloric caeca and the smaller paired fins. Condition excellent. Order GADIFORMES Family MORIDAE Genus Lepidion Swainson, 1838 Genus Paragalaxias Scott, 1935 Lepidion microcephalus Cowper, 1956 Parage/axlas shannonensis Scott, 1935 Pac. Sci. 10: 407 Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 1935: 41 = Paraga/axias dissimilis Regan, 1905 Holotype: D160, spirit specimen. Locality: East of Schouten Island, Tasmania, 15 Feb. 1953, Paratypes: D 1, D996, spirit specimens. T.R. Cowper. Locality: Shannon River below Miena dam. Great Lake, Note: Some damage to the caudal fin and thoracic area but Tasmania, 3 Dec. 1933, E.O.G. Scott. othetwise in fair condition. Note: The second paratype, 0996, was originally lodged with the Zoology Department, University of Tasmania, and was transferred to the Tasmanian Museum in 1969. Condition Family MERLUCCIIDAE excellent. Genus Coryphaenoides Hector, 1871 Paragaiaxias eleotroides McDowall and Fulton, 1978 Coryphaenoides tasmaniae Johnston 1883 Aust../. Mar. Freshw. Res. 29, 1978: 101 Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 1883: 143 := Macruronus novaezefandiae (Hector), 1871 Hoiotype: D1259, spirit specimen. Paratypes: D1261, D1262 (2), spirit specimens. Holotype: D 144, spirit specimen. Locality: Great Lake, Tasmania, 3 May 1976, R. McDowall Paratypes: 031 (4), spirit specimens. and WI. Fulton. Locality: Kangaroo Bluff, Den'lent River, Tasmania, date Note: Condition excellent. and collector unknown. Note: Old registration numbers TM5785 (D 144), TM5184 (D31). Condition fair. Paragalaxias mesotes McDowall & Fulton, 1978 Aust. j. Mar. Freshw. Res. 29, 1978: 103 Holotype: D1260, spirit specimen. Paratypes: D 1263-D 1265 (3), spirit specimens. Locality: Arthurs Lake, Tasmania, 3 May 1976, R. McDowall and W. fultono Note: Condition excellent. Type material, chordate, Tasmfmian Museum III Order BERYCIFORMES Family MACRORHAMPHOSIDAE Family BERYCIDAE Genus Centriscops Gill, 1862 Genus Austroberyx McCulloch, 1911 Centriscops cristatus (?) McCulloch, i 914 Austroberyx brevis (?) McCulloch, 1911 BioI. Res. Endeavour 2(3), :3 Jul. 1914: 9:3 Bioi. Res. Endeavour 1, 22 Dec. 1911: :39 = Notopogon lilliei Regan, 1914 = Centroberyx affinis (Gunther), 1859 Syntypes: 0145 (2), spirit specimens. Syntype: 0139, spirit specimen. Locality: Bass Strait, FIS Endeavour, collection date unknown. Locality: Flinders Island, Bass Strait, 28 Aug. 1911, FlS Note: Name apparently introduced in error for C humerosus Endeavour. McCuiloch, 1911 = N lillieiRegan (McCuHoch 1914: 91). Note: Specimen labelled "Austroberyx brevis McCulloch, Old registration number 033, Australian Museum number 1911, Cotype gen. et. sp.", McCulloch, however, makes no E2145. This specimen could not be located at the time of mention of this species in his description. Australian Museum writing. number. E962. Condition good. Order SCORPAENiFORMES Family TRACHICHTHYIDAE Family PLATYCEPHALIDAE Genus Hop/ostethus Cuv. and Val., 1829 Genus Insidiator Jordan and Snyder, 1900 Hop/ostethus mediterraneus C. & V. var. latus Insidiator jugosus McCulloch, 1914 McCulloch, 1914 BioI. Res. Endeavour 2(3), :3 JuI. 1914: 144 Bioi Res. Endeavour 2(:3),3 Jui. 1914: 97 = Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 Syntypes: 0150 (2), spirit specimens. Locality: Off Hummocky Island, Qld, 30 Jul. 1910, FIS Syntype: 0140, spirit specimen. Endeavour. Locality: Great Australian Bight, no collection date, FIS Note: Old registration number 0:36, Australian Museum Endeavour. number E2688. Condition good. Note: Old registration number 0102, Australian Museum number E2467. Condition fair. Order PERCIFORMES Family CARANGIDAE Order ZEIFORMES Genus Caranx Lacepede, 1802 Family Zeidae Caranx humerosus McCulloch, 1915 Genus Allocyttus McCulloch, 1914 BioI. Res. Endeavour 2,21 Ap. 1915: 137 Allocyttus verrucosus Gilchrist var. propinquus = Carangoides humerosus (McCulloch), 1915 McCulloch, 1914 BioI. Res. Endeavour 2(3),3 luI. 1914: 116 Syntypes: 01:38 (2), spirit specimens. = Allocyttus verrucosus (Gilchrist), 1906 Locality: Offrine Peak, Qld, 1 Aug. 1910, FrS. Endeavour. Note: Old registration numbers 0100, OlOl. Australian Syntype: 0146, spirit specimen.
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