Species Cyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878)
Smalltooth Bristlemouth, Small-toothed Lantern Fish, Small-toothed Lantern-fish
- Gonostoma microdon Günther, A. 1878. Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 2(2, 22, 28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251 [187].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1887.12.7.174, off Kermadec Islands.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1887.12.7.164 to 171 (1 specimen per register num.), Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; BMNH 1887.12.7.173; BMNH 1887.12.7.175; BMNH 1887.12.7.177 to 179 (1887.12.7.177, 2 specimens. 1887.12.7.178, 1 specimen. 1887.12.7.179, 1 specimen); MNHP 1890-0143 to 0147 (5 specimens); UZMO J658 (2 specimens, poor condition).Subsequent designation references:
Pethon, P. 1969. List of type specimens of fishes, amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, University of Oslo. Rhizocrinus, Occasional Papers of the Zoological Museum, University of Oslo 1(1): 1-17 [4]. - Cyclothone lusca Goode, G.B. & Bean, T.H. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer Blake, Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. Report on the fishes. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 10(5): 183-226 [221].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCZ 25883–86, Atlantic [31°41´S–34°28´25"N, 74°35´–76°12´30"W]; USNM 120255 (ex MCZ 25886), Atlantic [31°41´S–34°28´25"N, 74°35´–76°12´30"W].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Gon, O. 1990. Gonostomatidae. pp. 116-122 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [119]
Generic Combinations
- Cyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878). —
Badcock, J. 1982. A new species of the deep-sea fish genus Cyclothone Goode & Bean (Stomiatoidei, Gonostomatidae) from the tropical Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology 20(2): 197-211 [209] (changed combination cited)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Fraser Island, QLD (11º20'S) to northwest of Port Hedland, WA (18º08'S); temperate, circumglobal (except North Pacific).
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), 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)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
0-2700m depth.
General References
Gon, O. 1990. Gonostomatidae. pp. 116-122 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [119]
Harold, A.S. 1999. Families Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae, Phosichthyidae, Astronesthidae, Stomiidae, Chauliodontidae, Melanostomiidae, Idiacanthidae, Malacosteidae. pp. 1896-1917 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1899]
Harold, A.S. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Various family accounts. pp. 225 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [225]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [18]
Kenaley, C.P., DeVaney, S.C. & Fjeran, T.T. 2014. The complex evolutionary history of seeing red: molecular phylogeny and the evolution of an adaptive visual system in deep-sea dragonfishes (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae). Evolution 68: 996–1013 [429]
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] [31] (216)
Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Gonostomatidae. pp. 418-422 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [420]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (273)
Witzell, W.N. 1973. Family Gonostomatidae. pp. 114-122 in Hureau, J.-C. & Monod, T. (eds). Checklist of the Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). Paris : UNESCO Vol. 1 683 pp. [117]
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] [31] (Small-toothed Lantern-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Smalltooth Bristlemouth)
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] (Small-toothed Lantern Fish)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [21] (Smalltooth Bristlemouth)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2020 | STOMIIFORMES | 17-Sep-2019 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |