Genus Benthosema Goode & Bean, 1896

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External Links

• Benthosema Goode, G.B. & Bean, T.H. 1896. Oceanic ichthyology. Special Bulletin. United States National Museum 2: 1-553 pls 1-123 [dated 1895] [75].

  Type species:

   Scopelus mulleri Gill, 1861 by original designation (= Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt, 1837).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE oceanic
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: NE oceanic, SE oceanic
  • Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic
  • Western Australia: N coast, S oceanic, W oceanic

General References

Paxton, J.R. & Hulley, P.A. 1999. Families Neoscopelidae. pp. 1955-1956 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.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED