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CAAB: 37108012

Species Heterophotus ophistoma Regan & Trewavas, 1929

Wingfin Snaggletooth

 

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 (map not available)

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.

 

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)
11-Sep-2020 STOMIIFORMES 09-Oct-2019 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED