Species Bathophilus abarbatus Barnett & Gibbs, 1968

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• Bathophilus abarbatus Barnett, M.A. & Gibbs, R.H. 1968. Four new stomiatoid fishes of the genus Bathophilus with a revised key to the species of Bathophilus. Copeia 1968(4): 826-832 [828].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 202722 (depth 0-230 meters), off New Zealand [32°23´S, 172°49´E].
  Paratype(s) NMNZ P.5592; USNM 202719-21 (USNM 202719, 1 specimen. USNM 202720, 1 specimen. USNM 202721, 3 specimens); USNM 202723; VUW 86.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East of Escape Reef, (15º51'S), off Townsville (16º24´S) and off Brisbane, QLD and off Newcastle to SE of Mimosa Rocks National Park, NSW and Norfolk Ridge; subtropical, south Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

500-2000 m.

 

General References

Barnett, M.A. & Gibbs, R.H. 1968. Four new stomiatoid fishes of the genus Bathophilus with a revised key to the species of Bathophilus. Copeia 1968(4): 826-832 [828]

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. [1912]

Kenaley, C.P. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Subfamily Melanostomiinae. pp. 494-520 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [499]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Melanostomiinae. pp. 443-452 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. [444]

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]

 

Common Name References

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

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] (Barbless Dragonfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Sep-2020	STOMIIFORMES	18-Oct-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED