Species Chaenophryne draco Beebe, 1932

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• Chaenophryne draco Beebe, W. 1932. Nineteen new species and four post-larval deepsea fish. Zoologica (New York) 13: 47-107 figs 1-31 [84, fig. 22].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 170943 (ex NYZS 22396), off Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, 1100 m. [32°12´N, 64°36´W].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Forster, NSW (32°S, 152°E) to Cascade Plateau off southern TAS and off Augusta, WA (34°S, 115°E) ; temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Central Eastern Province (12), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 350-1750 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 [12]

Bertelsen, E. & Pietsch, T.W. 1983. The ceratioid anglerfishes of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 35(2): 77-99 figs 1-18

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Oneirodidae. pp. 662-664 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. [663]

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. [290]

Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Caulophrynidae, Neoceratiidae, Melanocetidae, Himantolophidae, Diceratiidae, Oneirodidae, Thaumatichthyidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratiidae, Gigantactinidae, Linophrynidae. pp. 2026-2037 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. [2033]

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. [388]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Web 2004. Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary., Fishbase) (Smooth Dreamer)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	09-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED