Species Haplophryne mollis (Brauer, 1902)

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External Links

• Aceratias mollis Brauer, A. 1902. Diagnosen von neuen Tiefseefischen, welche von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelt sind. Zoologischer Anzeiger 25(668): 277-298 [297].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 17713, Indian Ocean, 2200 m.
• Edriolychnus schmidti Regan, C.T. 1925. Dwarfed males parasitic on the females in oceanic anglerfishes (Pediculati, Ceratioidea). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 97: 386-400 figs 1-9 pl. 20 [398, figs 8-9].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC P.92135, Caribbean Sea [13°47'N, 61°26'W].
  Paralectotype(s) ZMUC P.92135.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bertelsen, E. & Pietsch, T.W. 1983. The ceratioid anglerfishes of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 35(2): 77-99 figs 1-18 [95]

 

Generic Combinations

• Haplophryne mollis (Brauer, 1902). —
  Regan, C.T. 1912. The classification of the teleostean fishes of the order Pediculati. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9(51): 277-289 [289] (changed combination with description of genus Haplophryne)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East of Coolangatta, QLD and northeast of Lord Howe Island to off Cape Howe (37º24´S), NSW and eastern TAS, off south-western WA, and south west of Norfolk Island; temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

 

General References

Bertelsen, E. & Pietsch, T.W. 1983. The ceratioid anglerfishes of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 35(2): 77-99 figs 1-18 [94]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [296]

Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Linophrynidae. pp. 669-670 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. [669]

Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Caulophrynidae, Neoceratiidae, Melanocetidae, Himantolophidae, Diceratiidae, Oneirodidae, Thaumatichthyidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratiidae, Gigantactinidae, Linophrynidae. pp. 2026-2037 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. [2037]

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. [482]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [58] (2295, as Edriolychnus schmidti, basis of record has not been traced)

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Soft Leafvent Angler)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	02-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED