Species Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, 1878

CAAB: 37098002

Antarctic Deepsea Smelt, Antarctic Big-eye Smelt, Antarctic Big-eyed Smelt

Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, A. 1878. Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 2(2, 22, 28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251 [248].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.12.7.230 (depth 1950 fathoms), Southern Ocean [53°55´S, 108°53´E].
Bathylagus glacialis Regan, C.T. 1913. The Antarctic fishes of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 49(2): 229-292 figs 1-6 pls 1-11 [231, pl. 9 (fig. 2)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1912.7.1.63-64, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
Syntype(s) NMSZ 1921.143.307, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Gon, O. 1990. Bathylagidae. pp. 107-110 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [107]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Newcastle, NSW (33º09´S, 153º05'E) to west of Granville Harbour, TAS (41º53´S, 144º24´E), also recorded throughout Australian Antarctic Territory; temperate, southern circumglobal.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, marine, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

200-3600 m.

General References

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Family Bathylagidae. 240 fig. 214 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [240]

Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1990. Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [107]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [29] (200)

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Microstomatidae. pp. 373-378 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. [375]

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. [168]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (222, as Bathylagus (Bathylagoides) antarcticus)

Common Name References

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Family Bathylagidae. 240 fig. 214 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [240] (Antarctic Deepsea Smelt, Antarctic Big-eyed Smelt)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [29] (Antarctic Big-eye Smelt)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Antarctic Deepsea Smelt)

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)
06-Jun-2016	PROTACANTHOPTERYGII	16-Aug-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
06-Jun-2016		13-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED