Species Lepidonotothen squamifrons (Günther, 1880)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Notothenia squamifrons Günther, A. 1880. Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H.M.S Challenger, in the years 1872–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 1(6): 1-82 pls 1-32 [16].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1879.5.14.357, Kerguelen Islands, Southern Ocean.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1890.2.26.80.
• Notothenia kempi Norman, J.R. 1937. Diagnoses of new Nototheniiform fishes collected by the 'Discovery' Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 20(118): 475-476 [475].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1937.7.12.38 (depth 160-500 meters), Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula.
• Notothenia macrophthalma Norman, J.R. 1937. Coast fishes. Part II. The Patagonian region. Discovery Reports 16: 1-150 [68].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1936.8.26.452 (Discovery station WS840, depth 368-463 meters), Near Burdwood Bank, south of the Falkland Islands [53°52'S, 61°49'15"W].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Eastman, J.T. & Eakin, R.R. 2000. An updated species list for notothenioid fish (Perciformes; Notothenioidei), with comments on Antarctic species. Archive of Fishery and Marine Research 48(1): 11-20 [15]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lepidonotothen (Lepidonotothen) squamifrons (Günther, 1880). —
  DeWitt, H.H., Heemstra, P.C. & Gon, O. 1990. Nototheniidae. pp. 279-332 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [296]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Off Heard and MacDonald Islands (52°29'S, 72°12'E) and throughout Australian Antarctic Territory; sub-Antarctic, Southern Atlantic and Indian Ocean to Southern Ocean, circum-Antarctic

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Depth range: 5-570 m.

 

General References

Balushkin, A.V. 2000. Morphology, classification, and evolution of notothenioid fishes of the Southern Ocean (Notothenioidei, Perciformes). Journal of Ichthyology 40(Supplement 1): 74-109 [S97]

DeWitt, H.H., Heemstra, P.C. & Gon, O. 1990. Nototheniidae. pp. 279-332 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [296]

Eastman, J.T. & Eakin, R.R. 2000. An updated species list for notothenioid fish (Perciformes; Notothenioidei), with comments on Antarctic species. Archive of Fishery and Marine Research 48(1): 11-20 [13, 15]

Miller, R.G. 1993. History and Atlas of the Fishes of the Antarctic Ocean. Carson City, Nevada : Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies i-xx + 792 pp. [167]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	NOTOTHENIOIDEI	14-Jun-2012	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)