Species Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, 1878
Antarctic Deepsea Smelt, Antarctic Big-eye Smelt, Antarctic Big-eyed Smelt
- Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, A. 1878. Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 2(2, 22, 28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251 [248].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.12.7.230 (depth 1950 fathoms), Southern Ocean [53°55´S, 108°53´E]. - Bathylagus glacialis Regan, C.T. 1913. The Antarctic fishes of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 49(2): 229-292 figs 1-6 pls 1-11 [231, pl. 9 (fig. 2)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1912.7.1.63-64, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
Syntype(s) NMSZ 1921.143.307, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Gon, O. 1990. Bathylagidae. pp. 107-110 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [107]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Off Newcastle, NSW (33º09´S, 153º05'E) to west of Granville Harbour, TAS (41º53´S, 144º24´E), also recorded throughout Australian Antarctic Territory; temperate, southern circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12)
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, marine, mesopelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
200-3600 m.
General References
Gomon, M.F. 1994. Family Bathylagidae. 240 fig. 214 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [240]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [29] (200)
Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Microstomatidae. pp. 373-378 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [375]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (222, as Bathylagus (Bathylagoides) antarcticus)
Common Name References
Gomon, M.F. 1994. Family Bathylagidae. 240 fig. 214 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [240] (Antarctic Deepsea Smelt, Antarctic Big-eyed Smelt)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [29] (Antarctic Big-eye Smelt)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Antarctic Deepsea Smelt)
History of changes
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