Species Dermatias platynogaster Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

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External Links

• Dermatias platynogaster Smith, H.M. & Radcliffe, L. in Radcliffe, L. 1912. New pediculate fishes from the Philippine Islands and contiguous waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42(1896): 199-214 pls 16-27 [206, pl. 17(fig. 3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 70269, near Sialat Point Light, east coast of Luzon Is., Philippines, 549 m. [13°40'57"N 123°57'45"E].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Off Hinchinbrook Island, QLD (18°S, 146°E); tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 1188-1188 m.

 

General References

Kharin,V.E. & Pietsch, T.W. 2007. New finding of a rare deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish, Dermatias platynogaster Smith et Radcliffe (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae). Journal of Ichthyology 47(9): 806-808 [806] (Australian record)

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. [423]

 

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