Species Linophryne densiramus Imai, 1941

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• Linophryne densiramus Imai, S. 1941. Seven new deep-sea fishes obtained in Sagami Sea and Suruga Bay. Japanese Journal of Zoology 9(2): 233-250 figs 1-17 [247, figs. 14-17].

  Type data:

   Holotype FUMT 55032 (in poor condition), Suruga Bay, Japan [35°00'N, 138°30'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Broken Bay, NSW (33ºS, 151ºE) and off Karratha, WA (20ºS, 116ºE) and north-eastern TAS; tropical, temperate, discontinuous (west Atlantic and west to central Pacific Oceans).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Central Eastern Province (12), Northwest Transition (3), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 150-1400 m.

 

General References

Anderson, M.E. & Leslie, R.W. 2001. Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 70: 1-32 [27]

Bertelsen, E. 1980. Notes on Linophrynidae V. A revision of the deepsea anglerfishes of the Linophryne arborifera-group (Pisces, Ceratioidei). Steenstrupia 6(6): 29-70 figs 1-18

Bertelsen, E. & Pietsch, T.W. 1983. The ceratioid anglerfishes of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 35(2): 77-99 figs 1-18 [94]

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. [296]

Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Caulophrynidae, Neoceratiidae, Melanocetidae, Himantolophidae, Diceratiidae, Oneirodidae, Thaumatichthyidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratiidae, Gigantactinidae, Linophrynidae. pp. 2026-2037 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. [2037]

Pietsch, T.W. 2009. Oceanic Anglerfishes. Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press pp. i-xii + 1-557. [494]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	30-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED