Species Diaphus anderseni Tåning, 1932
Andersen's Lanternfish, Andersen's Lantern Fish
- Diaphus anderseni Tåning, Å.V. 1932. Notes on scopelids from the Dana Expeditions. 1. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 94: 125-146 figs 1-16 [134, fig. 6].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC P.2329194, south-west of Fiji [20°S, 174°29´E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Dampier, WA (18º40´S) and off Townsville, QLD (16º42´S) to off Bega, NSW (36º31´S); tropical, temperate, circumglobal (not recorded from western Indian Ocean).
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Queensland: NE oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: W oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Mesopelagic.
General References
Brandt, S.B. 1981. Effects of a warm-core eddy on fish distribution in the Tasman Sea off east Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 6: 19-33 figs 1-7
Common Name References
Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase) (Andersen's Lantern Fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Andersen's Lanternfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |