Species Cyclothone obscura Brauer, 1902

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• Cyclothone obscura Brauer, A. 1902. Diagnosen von neuen Tiefseefischen, welche von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelt sind. Zoologischer Anzeiger 25(668): 277-298 [280].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) SNMBR I.10035, Atlantic and Indian Oceans; SMF 2113, Atlantic and Indian Oceans; ZMB 17509 to 10 (1 specimen per register num.), Atlantic and Indian Oceans; ZMB 17512, Atlantic and Indian Oceans; ZMB 17480 (2 specimens), Atlantic and Indian Oceans; SMNS 4491, Atlantic and Indian Oceans; ZMB 19321 (3 specimens), Atlantic and Indian Oceans; ZMB 22324 (2 specimens), Atlantic and Indian Oceans; ZMH 10844 (Formerly ZMH 8233), Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East of Cartier Reef, Qld (14°30'S, 145°42'E) to TAS and off Perth, WA (33ºS); tropical, temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Cape Province (20), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

1000 - 3500m.

 

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. [1899]

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

Mukhacheva, V.A. 1974. Cyclothones (gen. Cyclothone, fam. Gonostomatidae) of the World Ocean and their distribution. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 96: 189-234 figs 1-10 [in Russian]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Gonostomatidae. pp. 418-422 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. [420]

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. [184]

 

Common Name References

FAO-FIES 2019. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Hidden Bristlemouth)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [21] (Hidden Bristlemouth)

 

History of changes

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