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Species Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby, 1898)

Spotted Ribbonfish, Dealfish, Polka-dot Ribbonfish


Compiler and date details

20 April 2011 - Dianne J. Bray, John R. Paxton, J.E. Gates & Douglass F. Hoese

  • Type data:
     Holotype AM (presumed lost, McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1): 1–144 [138] states type in AM, but there is no record of registration of this species, nor is it listed in the Museum type list by Whitley, G.P. 1957. List of Type-specimens of Recent Fishes in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Unpublished roneo. 40 pp.), near Newcastle, NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Nelson Bay (32º45´S) NSW, South West Cape (43º57´S, 146º03´E) TAS and Rottnest Island, WA; temperate, circumglobal


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Epipelagic, marine, mesopelagic, oceanic.

Extra Ecological Information

0-500 m.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
31-Jul-2018 LAMPRIDIFORMES 27-Jun-2018 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
29-Aug-2011 29-Aug-2011 MODIFIED
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED