Pink cusk-eel: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Divingpetrel (talk | contribs) improvements |
m WP:CHECKWIKI error 61 fix, References after punctuation per WP:REFPUNC and WP:PAIC using AWB (8459) |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
The '''pink cusk-eel''', ''Genypterus blacodes'', is a species of [[cusk-eel]] found in the oceans around southern [[Australia]], [[Chile]], [[Brazil]], and around [[New Zealand]] except the east coast of [[Northland Region|Northland]], in depths of {{convert|22|to|1000|m|ft}}. Their length is up to {{convert|200|cm|in}}, and they live for up to 30 years. |
The '''pink cusk-eel''', ''Genypterus blacodes'', is a species of [[cusk-eel]] found in the oceans around southern [[Australia]], [[Chile]], [[Brazil]], and around [[New Zealand]] except the east coast of [[Northland Region|Northland]], in depths of {{convert|22|to|1000|m|ft}}. Their length is up to {{convert|200|cm|in}}, and they live for up to 30 years. |
||
Other names in English include '''ling''', '''Australian rockling''', '''kingklip''', '''pink ling''', and '''northern ling'''. The [[South Africa |
Other names in English include '''ling''', '''Australian rockling''', '''kingklip''', '''pink ling''', and '''northern ling'''. The [[South Africa]]n '''kingklip''' is a similar, related species (''[[Genypterus capensis]]'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingklip / New Zealand Ling |url=http://wwfsassi.mobi/ListDetail.aspx?speciesId=1037 |accessdate=2012-04-10 |publisher=Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative |work=SASSI Fish Info}}</ref> |
||
In the month-long NORFANZ Expedition of 2003 which was examining the [[biodiversity]] of the [[seamount]]s and slopes of the [[Norfolk Ridge]] near New Zealand, a single specimen weighing 6. |
In the month-long NORFANZ Expedition of 2003 which was examining the [[biodiversity]] of the [[seamount]]s and slopes of the [[Norfolk Ridge]] near New Zealand, a single specimen weighing 6.3 kg (20 lb) was collected.<ref>[https://www.biodiversity.govt.nz/pdfs/seas/NORFANZ_voyage_report.pdf NORFANZ Voyage] Retrieved 2011-10-29.</ref> |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 14:45, 12 October 2012
| Pink cusk-eel | |
|---|---|
| |
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | G. blacodes
|
| Binomial name | |
| Genypterus blacodes (J. R. Forster, 1801)
| |
The pink cusk-eel, Genypterus blacodes, is a species of cusk-eel found in the oceans around southern Australia, Chile, Brazil, and around New Zealand except the east coast of Northland, in depths of 22 to 1,000 metres (72 to 3,281 ft). Their length is up to 200 centimetres (79 in), and they live for up to 30 years.
Other names in English include ling, Australian rockling, kingklip, pink ling, and northern ling. The South African kingklip is a similar, related species (Genypterus capensis).[1]
In the month-long NORFANZ Expedition of 2003 which was examining the biodiversity of the seamounts and slopes of the Norfolk Ridge near New Zealand, a single specimen weighing 6.3 kg (20 lb) was collected.[2]
References
- ^ "Kingklip / New Zealand Ling". SASSI Fish Info. Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ^ NORFANZ Voyage Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- "Genypterus blacodes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Genypterus blacodes" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 978-0-00-216987-5