Species Lampanyctus australis Tåning, 1932

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• Lampanyctus alatus australis Tåning, Å.V. 1932. Notes on scopelids from the Dana Expeditions. 1. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 94: 125-146 figs 1-16 [145].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC P.2330216, off New Zealand [41°47´S, 176°55´E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Nafpaktitis, B.G. 1973. A review of the lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) described by Å. Vedel Tåning. Dana Reports 83: 1-46 figs 1-44 [44].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Sydney, NSW (34º05´S) to off southern TAS (47º12´S) and off Eucla, WA (128º37´E); temperate, southern circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), 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
  • Tasmania: SE oceanic
  • Victoria: SE oceanic
  • Western Australia: S oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

 

General References

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [36] (337)

 

Common Name References

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

Whitley, G.P. 1934. Supplement to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales. 12 unnumbered pages in McCulloch, A.R. (ed.). The Fishes and Fish-like Animals of New South Wales. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 104 pp. 43 pls. [4] (Nightlight Fish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED