Species Malacosteus niger Ayres, 1848
Black Loosejaw, Northern Stoplight Loosejaw, Stoplight Loosejaw
- Malacosteus niger Ayres, W.O. 1848. On a very curious fish for which the name Malacosteus niger is proposed. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 69-70 [69].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, 'south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland' [42°N, 50°W].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Coral Sea off Cape York, QLD (14°-15°S) and and Norfolk Ridge, records from NSW and other southern records mostly, if not all, misidentified M. australis; tropical, Atlantic Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Transition (19), Norfolk Island Province (21)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
500-3500m
General References
Harold, A.S. 1999. Families Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae, Phosichthyidae, Astronesthidae, Stomiidae, Chauliodontidae, Melanostomiidae, Idiacanthidae, Malacosteidae. pp. 1896-1917 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. [1917] (includes Malacosteus australist)
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 [889]
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. [429]
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. [455] (includes Malacosteus australis)
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] (includes Malacosteus australis)
Common Name References
FAO-FIES 2019. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Stoplight Loosejaw)
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. (Northern Stoplight Loosejaw)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Black Loosejaw)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [23] (Black Loosejaw)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2020 | STOMIIFORMES | 07-Nov-2019 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |