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CAAB: 37 110003

Species Malacosteus australis Kenaley, 2007

Black Hinged-head, Blunthead Dragonfish, Southern Stoplight Loosejaw

  • 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].

 

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.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

 

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)