From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia list article
The following non-avian fauna have been observed on and around Heard Island and the adjacent McDonald Islands, which are part of the same Australian territory.[ 1] For the birds see List of birds of Heard and McDonald Islands .
Included on this list are seven species of mammal, 23 taxa of fish, 25 species of terrestrial arthropods, one land snail, one flowering plant, and one species of kelp.
Mammals
Fishes
Scientific name
Authority
Common name
Bathyraja eatonii
(Günther, 1876)
Eaton's skate
Bathyraja irrasa
(Hureau and Ozouf-Costaz, 1980)
Kerguelen sandpaper skate
Bathyraja murrayi
(Günther, 1880)
Murray's skate
Champsocephalus gunnari
Lönnberg
Mackerel icefish
Channichthys rhinoceratus
(Richardson, 1844)
Unicorn icefish
Dissostichus eleginoides
(Smitt, 1898)
Patagonian toothfish
Electrona antarctica
(Günther, 1878)
Lanternfish
Electrona carlsbergi
(Tanning, 1932)
Lanternfish
Gobionotothen acuta
Günther
Triangular rockcod
Gymnoscopelus braueri
(Lönnberg, 1905)
Lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus nicholsi
(Gilbert, 1911)
Nichol's lanternfish
Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus
(Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
Lanternfish
Krefftichthys anderssoni
(Lönnberg, 1905)
Lanternfish
Lepidonotothen mizops
(Günther, 1880)
Toad rockcod
Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Günther
Grey rockcod
Muraenolepis sp.
Moray cod
Notolepis coatsi
(Dollo, 1908)
Antarctic jonasfish
Notothenia coriiceps
(Richardson, 1844)
Black rockcod
Notothenia rossii
(Richardson, 1844)
Marbled rockcod
Nototheniidae sp.
Icefish
Paradiplospinus gracilis
Brauer
Snake mackerel
Protomyctophum bolini
(Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
Lanternfish
Zanclorhynchus spinifer
Günther
Horsefish
Terrestrial arthropods
Terrestrial mollusk
Flowering plant
Marine algae
Scientific name
Authority
Common name
Kelp species
kelp
See also
References
Anon. (2005). 'Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Management Plan' . Australian Antarctic Division. ISBN 1-876934-08-5
External links