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Genus Anotopterus Zugmayer, 1911

Introduction

The genus is sometimes placed in the family Anotopteridae (Kukuev 1998) or in the Paralepididae (Nelson 2006). Davis (2010) placed the genus in the family Alepisauridae. Kukuev (1998) separated Anotopterus into three species, A. nikparini from the North Pacific, A. pharao from the North Atlantic and the southern circumglobal A. vorax. However, workers in Australia have generally retained the name A. pharao for the Australian and New Zealand specimens, but there is some suggestion that two species are found in southern waters. The names used here are tentative and further work is needed to clarify the species identities (Stewart 2015).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Central Eastern Province (12), Macquarie Island Province (24), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
22-Dec-2016 AULOPIFORMES 12-Jul-2016 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED