Species Diaphus danae Tåning, 1932
Dana Lanternfish, Blue Lantern-fish
- Diaphus danae 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 [140, fig. 13].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC P.2329198, north of New Zealand [36°23´S, 176°26´E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Newcastle, NSW (33º03´S) to off Eucla, WA (129ºE); temperate, south-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- South Australia: S oceanic
- Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Victoria: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: S oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope, mesopelagic.
General References
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [81] (in part, as D. coeruleus)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [37] (264, as D. coeruleus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [37] (450)
Common Name References
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [37] (as D. coerulens) (Blue Lantern-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Dana Lanternfish)
History of changes
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