Species Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890)

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Species Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890)

Opaline Lanternfish, Spinycheek Lanternfish

Scopelus (Mycophum) pterotus Alcock, A.W. 1890. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine survey steamer Investigator. No. 16. On the bathybial fishes collected in the Bay of Bengal during the season 1889–1890. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 6(33): 197-222 pls 8-9 [217].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ZSI F.12737–9, Madras coast, Bay of Bengal [18°30´N, 84°46´E]; BMNH 1890.11.28.31–36, Madras coast, Bay of Bengal [18°30´N, 84°46´E]; BMNH 1947.12.17.1, Madras coast, Bay of Bengal [18°30´N, 84°46´E]; MNHP 90.348–51, Madras coast, Bay of Bengal [18°30´N, 84°46´E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West of Darwin (128ºE) to Arafura Sea, NT (133º56´E); tropical, Indo-Pacific.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- Western Australia: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, mesopelagic, pelagic.

General References

Legand, M. & Rivaton, J. 1967. Cycles biologiques des poissons mesopelagiques dans l'est de l'Ocean Indien. Cahiers O.R.S.T.O.M. Serie Océanographique 5(4): 73-98 figs 1-12

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. [1965]

Common Name References

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

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)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED

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