- Anotopterus pharao Zugmayer, E. 1911. Diagnoses des poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse Alice (1901 à 1910). Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique Monaco 193: 1-14 [13].
Type data:
Holotype MOM 0091-1154, eastern Atlantic [36°64'30"N, 11°49'W].
Introduction
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
Extra Distribution Information
Based on specimens in CSIRO and NMV from off Nowra, NSW (34°57'E) and off southeast TAS (43°55'S); temperate, antitropical, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Central Eastern Province (12)
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
675–2250 m.
General References
Kukuev, E.I. 1998. Systematics and distribution in the world ocean of daggertooth fishes of the genus Anotopterus (Anotopteridae, Aulopiformes). Journal of Ichthyology 38(9): 716-729 [original article in Russian in Voprosky ikhtiologii 38(6): 745–759] [751]
Stewart, A.L. 2015. Families Paralepididae, Anotopteridae, Evermannellidae, Omosudidae. pp. 581-606 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152. [596]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2016 | AULOPIFORMES | 14-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |