Species Diceratias pileatus Uwate, 1979

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• Diceratias pileatus Uwate, K.R. 1979. Revision of the anglerfish Diceratiidae with descriptions of two new species. Copeia 1979(1): 129-144 [140, figs. 1-8].

  Type data:

   Holotype UF 23774, Suriname, 722 m. [7°37'N, 53°32'W].
  Paratype(s) FMNH 64543; FMNH 83822; LACM 37441-1; UF 23771; UF 23772 9 specimens; UF 23773 2 specimens; UF 23775; UF 23776 2 specimens; UF 23777 4 specimens; UF 21566 (ex UMML 15166); UF 221660 (ex UMML 21660); UF 233052 (ex UMML 33052); USNM 217527; IOAN uncatalogued 5 specimens (as IOM).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North west of Port Hedland (18°32'S, 116°50' E), WA, tropical, disjunct (Hawaii & Atlantic)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic.

 

General References

Pietsch, T.W. 2009. Oceanic Anglerfishes. Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press pp. i-xii + 1-557. [355]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	LOPHIIFORMES	15-Sep-2011	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)