Species Heterophotus ophistoma Regan & Trewavas, 1929

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• Heterophotus ophistoma Regan, C.T. & Trewavas, E. 1929. The fishes of the families Astronesthidae and Chauliodontidae. Dana Reports 1920-22 5: 1-39 figs 1-25 pls 1-7 [29, pl. 6(1)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMUC P.202081 (Depth 600-2500 meters), North Atlantic Ocean; ZMUC P.202859–62 (Depth 600-2500 meters. 4 specimens), North Atlantic Ocean; BMNH 1929.1.14.122-123 (Depth 600-2500 meters), North Atlantic Ocean; BMNH 1929.1.4.129 (Depth 600-2500 meters), North Atlantic Ocean.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Exmouth (21°28'12"S, 113°38'36"E) to north-east of Dampier, WA, and east of Cape York, QLD (11º32'S, 144º48'E) to Queensland Plateau (16º56'S, 151º32'E), Coral Sea, QLD, and off Newcastle, NSW (33ºS); tropical, subtropical, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

500-2000 m.

 

General References

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. [1906]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [19]

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. [196]

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Astronesthinae. pp. 434-439 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. [438]

 

Common Name References

Fishnames 2017. Australian Fish Names Database. http://www.fishnames.com.au/ (Wingfin Snaggletooth)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [22] (Wingfin Snaggletooth)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Sep-2020	STOMIIFORMES	09-Oct-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED