Species Hygophum hygomii (Lütken, 1892)

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Species Hygophum hygomii (Lütken, 1892)

Hygom's Lanternfish

Scopelus hygomii Lütken, C.F. 1892. Spolia Atlantica Scopelini Musei Zoologici Universitatis Haviensis Bedrag til Kundskab om det aabre Havs Laxesild eller scopeliner. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 6 7: 221-297 25 figs pls 1-3 [256, fig. 15].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMUC 41, North Atlantic [38°N, 22°20´W].
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1855.9.19.1506; ZMUC 50; ZMUC 219-20.
Subsequent designation references:
Bolin, R.L. 1959. Iniomi Myctophidae from the Michael Sars North Atlantic deep sea expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep Sea Expedition 4(2): 1-45 figs 1-7 [7].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Double Island Point, QLD (26º04´S) to off Rame Head, VIC (38º27´S) and south of Point Dempster (124º13´E) to off North West Cape (20ºS), WA; temperate, southern circumglobal (except central Pacific; also in North Atlantic).

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), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

General References

Becker, V.E. 1965. Lanternfishes of the genus Hygophum (Myctophidae, Pisces), systematics and distribution. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 73: 11-75 figs 1-11 [in Russian; Bur. Comm. Fish. Ichthyol. Lab. Transl. 45]

Common Name References

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

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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