Species Diaphus watasei Jordan & Starks, 1904
Watase's Lanternfish, Watases Lanternfish
- Diaphus watasei Jordan, D.S. & Starks, E.C. 1904. List of fishes dredged by the Steamer Albatross off the coast of Japan in the summer of 1900, with descriptions of new species and a review of the Japanese Macrouridae. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 22: 577-630 figs 1-52 pls 1-8 [580, unnum. fig].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 51443, off Atami, Sagami Bay, Japan.
Paratype(s) CAS(SU) 8393.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Raine Island (11º35´S) and Tully (18º03´S), QLD, off Tweed Heads, NSW (28º14´S), off Portland, VIC (141ºE), the Great Australian Bight off Ceduna, SA (133º12´E) and off Eucla (128º18´E) to off Broome (15º15´S), WA; tropical, temperate, Indo-west Pacific.
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), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Queensland: NE oceanic, SE oceanic
- South Australia: S oceanic
- Victoria: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: NW oceanic, S oceanic, W oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope, mesopelagic.
General References
Collins, S.P. & Baron, M.P. 1981. Demersal and pelagic trawling survey of the M.T. Denebola in southern Australian waters, 1979–80 summer. Tasmanian Fisheries Research 24: 2-48 figs 1-22
Paxton, J.R. 1994. Families Neoscopelidae, Myctophidae. pp. 275-279 figs 246-249 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [278]
Common Name References
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [278] (Watases Lanternfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Watase's Lanternfish)
History of changes
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