Species Diaphus hudsoni Zurbrigg & Scott, 1976

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• Diaphus hudsoni Zurbrigg, R.E. & Scott, W.B. 1976. Diaphus hudsoni (Pisces : Myctophidae), a new lanternfish from the South Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 54: 1538-1541 figs 1-2 [1538, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype ROM 27569, South Atlantic [44°14´S, 42°43´W].
  Paratype(s) NMC 76-405; ROM 27580.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Sydney, NSW and western TAS (42º04´S) and off Salisbury Island, WA (34º23´S, 124º13´E); temperate, southern circumglobal (not recorded from Indian Ocean).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE oceanic
  • Tasmania: S oceanic
  • Western Australia: W oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

 

General References

Nafpaktitis, B.G., Backus, R.H., Craddock, J.E., Haedrich, R.L., Robison, B.H. & Karnella, C. 1977. Family Myctophidae. In, Gibbs, R.H. (ed.) Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1(7): 13-265 figs 1-180

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Web 2004. Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary., Fishbase, FAO) (Hudson's Lanternfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED