Species Dibranchus japonicus Amaoka & Toyoshima, 1981

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• Dibranchus japonicus Amaoka, K. & Toyoshima, M. 1981. A new ogcocephalid fish, Dibranchus japonicus, from Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 28(2): 115-121 figs 1-4 [115, fig. 1-3].

  Type data:

   Holotype HUMZ 78198, off Iwate Prefecture, Japan, 1180-1230 m. [39°40´N, 142°28.4´E].
  Paratype(s) BSKU 19552; BSKU 20233; BSKU 20383; HUMZ 72663; HUMZ 72664; USNM 135673; USNM 148533.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Plateau, WA, off Raine Island, QLD (11º35´S) and off Forster, NSW (32ºS, 152ºE) to south of TAS (43ºS, 146ºE); tropical, temperate, discontinuous (Japan and South Africa).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Cape Province (20), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 850-1152 m.

 

General References

Bradbury, M.G. 1999. A review of the fish genus Dibranchus with descriptions of new species and a new genus Solocisquama (Lophiiformes, Ogcocephalidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 51(5): 259-310 [294]

Bradbury, M.G. 1999. Family Ogcocephalidae. pp. 2023-2025 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. [2025]

Bradbury, M.G. 2003. Family Ogcocephalidae Jordan 1895 -- batfishes. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 17: 1-17 [3]

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. [284]

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Ogcocephalidae. pp. 652-654 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. [653]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	15-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED