Australian Museum Journal Occasional notes. II. Fishes
- Shortform:
- Waite, 1901, Rec. Aust. Mus. 4(1): 53
- Author(s):
- Waite, Edgar R.
- Year published:
- 1901
- Title:
- Occasional notes. II. Fishes
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 53
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.4.1901.1084
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 29 March 1901
- Cover date:
- 29 March 1901
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES; ECOLOGY, MARINE; LORD HOWE ISLAND
- Digitized:
- 23 October 2008
- Available online:
- 09 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 1084
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (95kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (223kb PDF)
Abstract
Bascanichthysys pinguis, Günther. We have received from Mr. C. Chute, an Ophichthyian Eel taken at Rose Bay, on the southern shores of Port J ackson. It is of the genus Bascanichthys, Jordan and Davis, and without doubt identical with Ophichthys pinguis, Günther. On mentioning this to Mr. J. D. Ogilby, he suggested that his Bascanichthys hemizona, might also be the same species: together we made the necessary comparison, and found it to be so. Mr. Chute's specimen is therefore the second record for Port Jackson. The species will be known as Bascanichthys pinguis, Günther, the type of which was described from the Solomon Islands.