Species Anomalops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Heterophthalmus katoptron Bleeker, P. 1856. Beschrijvengen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Menado en Makassar grootendeels verzameld op eene reis naar den Molukschen Archipel in het gevolg van den Gouverneur-Generaal Duymaer van Twist. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 1: 1-80 [43].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Manado, Makassar, Indonesia.
• Anomalops graeffei Kner, R. 1868. Über neue Fische aus dem Museum der Herren J. Cäs. Godeffroy und Sohn in Hamburg. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 58(1–2): 26-31 [26] [described in more detail in Kner, R. 1868. IV. Folge neuer Fische aus dem Museum der Herren Joh. Cäs. Godeffroy und Sohn in Hamburg. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien 58(3–4): 293–356 9 pls].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Kandavu Island, Fiji.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCosker, J.E. & Rosenblatt, R.H. 1987. Notes on the biology, taxonomy, and distribution of the flashlight fishes (Beryciformes: Anomalopidae). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 34(2): 157-164 [158]

 

Generic Combinations

• Anomalops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856). —
  Bleeker, P. 1878. Quatrième mémoire sur la faune ichthyologique de la Nouvelle-Guinée. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 13: 35-66 pls 2-3 [48] (changed combination)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Coral Sea, from (11º12´S) to Diamond Islets (17º23´S), including Holmes Reef (16º32'S), Osprey Reef (13º55´S) to Escape Reef (15º50´S), QLD; tropical,west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, nocturnal.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [166]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Families Diretmidae and Anomalopidae. pp. 761-764 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. [764]

Paxton, J.R. & Johnson, G.D. 1999. Family Anomalopidae. pp. 2212-2213 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2213]

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [85]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [498]

 

Common Name References

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [498] (Two-fin Flashlightfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Twofin Flashlightfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	BERYCIFORMES	17-Dec-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED