CSIRO Division of Marine Research
GPO Box 1538
Hobart, Tasmania, 7001

1986-

Street Address:

Castray Esplanade
Hobart, Tasmania, 7000

Email: gordon.yearsley@marine.csiro.au

Research Interests:

Taxonomy:

Triakidae (Iago)

Pristiophoridae (Pristiophorus)

Squatinidae (Squatina)

Rajidae

Urolophidae (Trygonoptera, Urolophus)

Oreosomatidae (Neocyttus, Allocyttus, Pseudocyttus, Oreosoma)

commercial seafood species

Biogeography:

Australasia

Other:

List of Australian fishes

Current Studies:

Biogeography and inter-relationships of skates (Rajidae), (with: Last)

Descriptions of new Australian species of Trygonoptera and Urolophus (Urolophidae), (with: Last & Gomon)

Descriptions of a new Australasian species of Neocyttus (Oreosomatidae), (with: Last)

Production of an identification guide to Australian commercial seafood species.

Regular upgrading of a list of Australian ichthyofauna (Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota).

Publications:

Journal articles

Elliott, N. G., Lowry, P. S., Grewe, P. M., Innes, B. H., Yearsley, G. K. & Ward, R. D. 1998. Genetic evidence for depth- and spatially separated stocks of the deep-water spikey oreo in Australasian waters. Journal of Fish Biology 52: 796-816.

Lowry, P. S., Elliot, N. G., Yearsley, G. K. & Ward, R. D. 1996. Genetic variation and phylogenetic relationships of seven oreo species (Teleostei, Oreosomatidae) inferred from allozyme analysis. Fishery Bulletin 94: 692--706.

Ward R.D., Elliott, N.G., Grewe, P.M., Last, P.R, Lowry, P.S., Innes, B.H., & Yearsley, G.K. 1998. Allozyme and mitochondrial DNA variation in three species of oreos (Teleostei: Oreosomatidae) from Australasian waters. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, in press (vol 32, no. 2).

Yearsley, G. K. 1996. Know your catch-Oreo resources of Australia. Professional Fisherman Jan 1996: 26-28.

Yearsley, G. K. & Last, P. R. 1992. Pavoraja (Insentiraja) laxipella, a new subgenus and species of skate (Chondrichthyes; Rajiformes) from the Western Pacific. Copeia 1992(3): 839-850

Yearsley, G. K. & Last, P. R. (in press). Neocyttus ___________, a new oreosomatid (Pisces, Zeiformes) from southern Australia and New Zealand, with redescriptions of its congeners. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.

Reports

Ward, R. D., Elliot, N. G., Yearsley, G. K. & Last, P. R. 1996. Species and stock delineation in Australasian oreos (Oreosomatidae). Final Report to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. Grant #92/24.

Yearsley, G. K., Last, P. R. & Morris, G. B. 1994. The Modified and Upgraded Species-coding System for Australian Fisheries Databases. Final Report to the Fishing Industry Research and Development Trust Fund. Project 90/105.

Yearsley, G. K., Last, P. R. & Morris, G. B. 1997. Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded coding system for Australian Fisheries Databases. CSIRO Marine Laboratories Report 224.

Books

Daley , R. K., Last, P. R., Yearsley, G. K. & Ward, R. D. 1997. South East Fishery Quota Species: an Identification Guide. CSIRO Division of Marine Research, Hobart.