Extraordinary capture of a Randall's snapper Randallichthys filamentosus in the temperate south-eastern Indian Ocean and its molecular phylogenetic relationship within the Etelinae

Authors

Corey B. Wakefield, Department of Fisheries, Western AustraliaFollow
G. I. Moore, Western Australian Museum
A E. Bertram, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia
M Snow, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia
Stephen J. Newman, Department of Fisheries, Western AustraliaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-29-2015

Journal Title

Journal of Fish Biology

ISSN

Print: 0022-1112 Electronic: 1095-8649

Keywords

Australia, Deep-water, New record, Western Central Pacific, Indian Ocean

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Marine Biology

Abstract

The capture of a rarely encountered Randall's snapper Randallichthys filamentosus (female, 587 mm fork length) from the upper continental slope (c. 350 m) off the south coast of Western Australia (c. 34·5° S; 122·5° E) in January 2014 represents its first record from the temperate Indian Ocean and a southern range extension. This record suggests that spawning of this predominantly tropical species may probably be occurring in the eastern Indian Ocean, considering the extensive, and unlikely, distance the progeny would have otherwise travelled from its typical distribution in the western and central Pacific Ocean.

Recommended Citation

Wakefield, C.B., Moore, G.I., Bertram, A.E., Snow, M. and Newman, S.J. (2016), Extraordinary capture of a Randall's snapper Randallichthys filamentosus in the temperate south-eastern Indian Ocean and its molecular phylogenetic relationship within the Etelinae. J Fish Biol, 88: 735-740. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12809