Species Ceratias tentaculatus (Norman, 1930)

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• Mancalias tentaculatus Norman, J.R. 1930. Oceanic fishes and flatfishes collected in 1925–1927. Discovery Reports 2: 261-370 figs 1-47 pls 1-2 [355, fig. 45].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1930.1.12.1100, South Atlantic, 650-700 m. [52°25´S, 9°50´E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Ceratias tentaculatus (Norman, 1930). —
  Pietsch, T.W. 1986. Systematics and distribution of bathypelagic anglerfishes of the family Ceratiidae (order: Lophiiformes). Copeia 1986(2): 479-493 [482]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Sydney, NSW (33°S, 151°E) to off Bunbury, WA (33°S, 115°E); Temperate, southern circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 100-2900 m.

 

General References

Anderson, M.E. & Leslie, R.W. 2001. Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 70: 1-32 [21]

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Chaunacidae, Himantolophidae, Oneirodidae, Ceratiidae. pp. 298-305 figs 265-268 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. [304]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [22]

Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Ceratiidae. pp. 665-666 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. [666]

Pietsch, T.W. 1986. Systematics and distribution of bathypelagic anglerfishes of the family Ceratiidae (order: Lophiiformes). Copeia 1986(2): 479-493 [482]

Pietsch, T.W. 1990. Ceratiidae. pp. 210-211 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [210]

Pietsch, T.W. 2008. Ceratiidae. pp. 385-386 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [386]

Pietsch, T.W. 2009. Oceanic Anglerfishes. Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press pp. i-xii + 1-557. [327]

Stewart, A.L. & Pietsch, T.W. 1998. The ceratioid anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28(1): 1-37 [22]

 

Common Name References

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [304] (Southern Seadevil)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	01-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED