Species Malacosteus australis Kenaley, 2007
Black Hinged-head, Blunthead Dragonfish, Southern Stoplight Loosejaw
- Malacosteus australis Kenaley, C.P. 2007. Revision of the stoplight loosejaw genus Malacosteus (Teleostei: Stomiidae:, Malacosteinae), with description of a new species from the temperate Southern Hemisphere and Indian Ocean. Copeia 2007(4): 886-900 [893, figs 4-5].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.20066-078 male, Tasman Sea, off Brush Island, midwater trawl at depth of 650-2000 metres [35°36'S, 150°55'E].
Paratype(s) AM I.20066-036 8 females, 7 males, Same data as Holotype; CSIRO T879 1 female, off Tasmania, west of Hardwicke Bay [41°39'S, 144°22'E]; CSIRO T881 1 male, off Tasmania, [41°35'S, 144°18'E]; LACM 11235.002 1 male, Southern Ocean [41°44´S, 178°18´W]; MCZ 131800 1 female, subtropical South Atlantic Ocean [36°10´S, 07°36´W]; MCZ 131747 2 females, temperate South Atlantic Ocean [35°59´S, 17°15´E]; MCZ 131802 1 male, subtropical South Atlantic Ocean [35°19´S, 07°30´E]; SIO 63-540 1 female, 1 male, South Atlantic Ocean, over south end of Walvis Rise [32°27´S, 08°49´E]; USNM 296670 11 females, 5 males, southern subtropical South Atlantic Ocean, off South Africa [37°08´S, 05°23´E].
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Malacosteus niger Ayers, 1848 [misidentification]. —
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. [455]
Paxton, J.R, Gates, J.E. & Hoese D.F. 2006. Malacosteinae. pp. 455 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.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East of Moreton Island (27°01'40"S, 156°00'22"E) ESE of Bremer Bay, WA; subtropical, temperate, southern circumglobal, and equatorial Indian Ocean.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
500-2000 m
General References
Kenaley, C.P., Harold, A.S. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Stomiidae. pp. 240-254 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [250]
Kenaley, C.P. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Subfamily Malacosteinae. pp. 524-530 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [528]
Paxton, J.R, Gates, J.E. & Hoese D.F. 2006. Malacosteinae. pp. 455 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. (as Malacosteus niger)
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. [204] (as Malacosteus niger)
Robertson, E.M. & Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Stomiidae, Chauliodontidae, Astronesthidae, Melanostomiidae, Malacosteidae, Idiacanthidae. pp. 251-263 figs 225-235 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [261] (as Malacosteus niger)
Common Name References
Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 2008. Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [253] (Black Hinged-head, Blunthead Dragonfish, Southern Stoplight Loosejaw)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOMIIFORMES | 04-Jan-2012 | ADDED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |