Species Gonichthys barnesi Whitley, 1943

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Species Gonichthys barnesi Whitley, 1943

Barnes' Lanternfish, Slender-tailed Lantern Fish, Slender-tailed Lantern-fish

Gonichthys barnesi Whitley, G.P. 1943. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 167-187 figs 1-10 [174, fig. 6].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.953, Lord Howe Island.
Paratype(s) AM IA.952; AM IA.2650; AM IB.2776-78; AM IB.4158; AM IB.4160-61; CAS 52178.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Sydney (33º46´S) to off Jervis Bay (35º07´S), NSW and off Eucla (128º38´E) to off Cape Burney (29ºS), WA; temperate, southern circumglobal.

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

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Western Australia: S oceanic, W oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [80] (as Myctophum coruscans)

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] [39] (273, as G. cocco)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [37] (443)

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] [39] (Slender-tailed Lantern-fish)

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

Whitley, G.P. 1934. Supplement to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales. 12 unnumbered pages in McCulloch, A.R. (ed.). The Fishes and Fish-like Animals of New South Wales. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 104 pp. 43 pls. [3] (Slender-tailed Lantern Fish)

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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