WoRMS taxon details
Assurger anzac (Alexander, 1917)
279766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279766)
accepted
Species
Assurger alexanderi Whitley, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
Evoxymetopon anzac Alexander, 1917 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Evoxymetopon anzac Alexander, 1917) Alexander, W. B. (1917). Description of a new species of fish of the genus Evoxymetopon, Poey. <em>Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society, Western Australia, Perth.</em> 2: 104-105, Pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52467706#page/132/mode/1up [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Assurger anzac (Alexander, 1917). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279766 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Evoxymetopon anzac Alexander, 1917) Alexander, W. B. (1917). Description of a new species of fish of the genus Evoxymetopon, Poey. <em>Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society, Western Australia, Perth.</em> 2: 104-105, Pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52467706#page/132/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Assurger alexanderi Whitley, 1933) Whitley, G. P. (1933). Studies in ichthyology. No. 7. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19 (1): 60-112, Pls. 11-15. [details]
original description (of Assurger alexanderi Whitley, 1933) Whitley, G. P. (1933). Studies in ichthyology. No. 7. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19 (1): 60-112, Pls. 11-15. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Short-headed tyranfishrazorback scabbardfish | [details] |
| Japanese | ナガユメタチモドキ | [details] |
| Russian | Асургер | [details] |
| Spanish | sable aserrado | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Evoxymetopon anzac Alexander, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Assurger alexanderi Whitley, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Assurger anzac)
To FishBase (from synonym Evoxymetopon anzac Alexander, 1917)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Assurger alexanderi Whitley, 1933)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Evoxymetopon anzac Alexander, 1917)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Evoxymetopon anzac Alexander, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Assurger alexanderi Whitley, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Assurger anzac)
To FishBase (from synonym Evoxymetopon anzac Alexander, 1917)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Assurger alexanderi Whitley, 1933)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Evoxymetopon anzac Alexander, 1917)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To ITIS
