Species Borostomias mononema (Regan & Trewavas, 1929)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Diplolychnus mononema Regan, C.T. & Trewavas, E. 1929. The fishes of the families Astronesthidae and Chauliodontidae. Dana Reports 1920-22 5: 1-39 figs 1-25 pls 1-7 [28, fig. 19(1), pl. 5(2)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMUC P.202858, western North Atlantic [17°43´N, 64°56´W]; BMNH 1929.1.4.121, western North Atlantic [17°43´N, 64°56´W].

 

Generic Combinations

• Borostomias mononema (Regan & Trewavas, 1929). —
  Gibbs, R.H. & Morrow, J.E. 1973. Family Astronesthidae. pp. 126-129 in Hureau, J.-C. & Monod, T. (eds). Checklist of the Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). Paris : UNESCO Vol. 1 683 pp. [128] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West of Perth and off Port Hedland (18ºS), WA, and east of Cape York (12º36'S, 146º30'E) and west of Dunk Island (17º36'S, 148º48'E), Coral Sea, QLD and Sydney to off Lake Illawarra, NSW (34º10´S), also south of TAS outside AFZ; tropical, temperate, Atlantic Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Northeast Province (18), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

500-2000 m.

 

General References

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. [1906]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [19]

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. [196]

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Astronesthinae. pp. 434-439 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. [438]

Whitehead, P.J.P., Bauchot, M.-L., Hureau, J.-C., Nielsen, J. & Tortonese, E. (eds).) 1984. Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Paris : UNESCO Vol. 1 510 pp. figs.

 

Common Name References

Fishnames 2017. Australian Fish Names Database. http://www.fishnames.com.au/ (Sickle Snaggletooth)

Stewart, A.L. & Kenaley, C.P. 2015. Subfamily Astronesthinae. pp. 471-487 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [483] (Snaggletooth)

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] (Sickle Snaggletooth)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Sep-2020	STOMIIFORMES	07-Oct-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED