Species Astronesthes indicus Brauer, 1902

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• Astronesthes indicus Brauer, A. 1902. Diagnosen von neuen Tiefseefischen, welche von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelt sind. Zoologischer Anzeiger 25(668): 277-298 [287].

  Type data:

   Neotype ZIL 51105 (Holotype (ZMB 17433) from Zanzibar lost. Neotype designated by Parin & Borodulina 1996. Depth 1000 m), Southeast of Sri Lanka [5°09'N, 86°18'E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Parin, N.V. & Borodulina, O.D. 1996. Revision of the Astronesthes indicus species group (Astronesthidae), with descriptions of five new species. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 36(5): 581-596 [in Russian, English translation in J. Ichthyol. 36(8):551–565] [587].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off North West Cape (22°12'S, 112°53'E) to off Port Hedland (18°32'S, 116°50'E), WA, records from eastern Australia require confirmation; tropical, Indo-Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Abyssopelagic, bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

500-5000 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]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [19]

Parin, N.V. & Borodulina, O.D. 1996. Revision of the Astronesthes indicus species group (Astronesthidae), with descriptions of five new species. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 36(5): 581-596 [in Russian, English translation in J. Ichthyol. 36(8):551–565] [584]

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. [198] (in part)

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. [436]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Sep-2020	STOMIIFORMES	01-Oct-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED