Species Hygophum macrochir (Günther, 1864)

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Species Hygophum macrochir (Günther, 1864)

Largefin Lanternfish, Large-finned Lanternfish

Scopelus (Myctophum) macrochir Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the Fishes of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 5 455 pp. [408].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1947.12.16.1 (presumed lost), unknown locality.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1947.12.16.2.
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 [8].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Cape Howe, NSW (37º24´S) and off Eucla (128º42´E) to off Point Nuyts (116º32´E), WA; temperate, discontinuous (North Atlantic, South Pacific).

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), Southern Province (8)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Western Australia: S oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Australian specimens most closely resemble the North Atlantic species as described by Bekker.

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]

McGinnis, R.F. 1982. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XII. Biogeography of lanternfishes (Myctophidae) south of 30°S. American Geophysical Union. Antarctic Research Series 35: 1-110 figs 1-56

Common Name References

Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase, Papua New Guinea) (Large-finned Lanternfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Largefin 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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