Species Neonesthes capensis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)

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• Astronesthes capensis Gilchrist, J.D.F. & von Bonde, C. 1924. Special report No. 7. Deep-sea fishes procured by the S.S. Pickle (part 2). Report. Fisheries & Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa 3: 1-24 pls 1-6 [1922] [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAM 22480 (ex. SAM 2435 Depth 790 fathoms), Southeastern Atlantic, off South Africa.
• Neonesthes macrolychnus Regan, C.T. & Trewavas, E. 1929. The fishes of the families Astronesthidae and Chauliodontidae. Dana Reports 1920-22 5: 1-39 figs 1-25 pls 1-7 [30, fig. 2, pl. 6(2)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1929.1.4.125-126, North Atlantic; BMNH 1930.1.12.475-476, North Atlantic; ZMUC P.201125-201126, North Atlantic; ZMUC P.202863, North Atlantic.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gibbs, R.H. 1964. Family Astronesthidae. pp. 311-350 figs 77-91 in Olsen, Y.H. (ed.). Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1(4): 1-599 [349]

 

Generic Combinations

• Neonesthes capensis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924). —
  Gibbs, R.H. & Morrow, J.E. 1973. Family Astronesthidae. pp. 126-129 in Hureau, J.-C. & Monod, T. (eds). Checklist of the Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). Paris : UNESCO Vol. 1 683 pp. [128] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Off Newcastle (33°01'S, 153°01' E) to Sydney and off southern TAS; Subtropical, temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Central Eastern Province (12)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

500-2000 m.

 

General References

Harold, A.S. 1999. Families Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae, Phosichthyidae, Astronesthidae, Stomiidae, Chauliodontidae, Melanostomiidae, Idiacanthidae, Malacosteidae. pp. 1896-1917 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1906]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [196]

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Astronesthinae. pp. 434-439 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. [438]

Stewart, A.L. & Kenaley, C.P. 2015. Subfamily Astronesthinae. pp. 471-487 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [484]

 

Common Name References

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [22] (Cape Snaggletooth)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Sep-2020	STOMIIFORMES	09-Oct-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)