Species Diaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean, 1896)

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CAAB: 37122033

Species Diaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean, 1896)

Headlight Lanternfish, Headlight Fish

Aethoprora effulgens Goode, G.B. & Bean, T.H. 1896. Oceanic ichthyology. Special Bulletin. United States National Museum 2: 1-553 pls 1-123 [dated 1895] [87, pl. 27(103)].
Type data:
Lectotype USNM 43770, Brown's Bank, North Atlantic.
Subsequent designation references:
Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1896. The fishes of North and middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 47(1): 1-1240 [566].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Taree (32ºS) to off Bega (36º33´S), NSW, off Maria Island, TAS (42º38´S) and off Cape Bouvard (32º44´S) to off Perth (32ºS), WA; temperate, southern circumglobal (also recorded from North Atlantic).

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Tasmania: 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) (Headlight Fish)

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

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)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED

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