Species Electrona subaspera (Günther, 1864)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Scopelus (Dasyscopelus) subasper Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the Fishes of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 5 455 pp. [411].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1845.8.5.45, Indian Ocean, south of Australia (as 'Pacific Ocean') [43°30´S, 123°E].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Off southern TAS (47º11´S); temperate, southern circumglobal (except Indian Ocean).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania: SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

 

General 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] (271)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [37] (444)

 

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] [38] (Bigeye Lantern-fish)

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

 

History of changes

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