Species Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert, 1913)

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External Links

• Myctophum suborbitale Gilbert, C.H. 1913. The lanternfishes of Japan. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 6(2): 67-107 pls 11-14 [82].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 74473, Suruga Bay, Japan.
  Paratype(s) CAS(SU) 22438; USNM 74500; USNM 74661-62.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Great Sandy Island, QLD (24º29´S) to Flinders Island, TAS (39º58´S) and off Cape Bouvard (32º44´S) to off Dirk Hartog Island (26ºS), WA; temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), 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
  • Queensland: SE oceanic
  • Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic
  • Western Australia: S oceanic, W oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

 

General References

Brandt, S.B. 1981. Effects of a warm-core eddy on fish distribution in the Tasman Sea off east Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 6: 19-33 figs 1-7

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

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] (FAO) (Smallfin Lanternfish)

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

 

History of changes

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