Species Melanocetus murrayi Günther, 1887

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• Melanocetus murrayi Günther, A. 1887. Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H.M.S Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 22(57): 1-268 figs 1-7 pls 1-66 [57, pl. 11(fig. A)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1887.12.7.17, central Atlantic, 0 to 3386 m. [1°47´N, 24°26´W].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1887.12.7.18.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Regan, C.T. 1926. The pediculate fishes of the suborder Ceratioidae. Dana Reports 1920-22 2: 1-45 figs 1-13 [32].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Broken Bay, NSW (33º33´S), southern TAS and off Exmouth, WA (21ºS, 114ºE) to Port Hedland (18° 08'S, 116°43'E); temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Central Eastern Province (12), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 100-6370 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 [5]

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. [287]

Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Melanocetidae. pp. 657-658 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. [658]

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. [2028]

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. [366]

Whitley, G.P. 1934. Supplement to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales. 12 unnumbered pages in McCulloch, A.R. (ed.). The Fishes and Fish-like Animals of New South Wales. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 104 pp. 43 pls. [11]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [58] (2289)

 

Common Name References

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

Whitley, G.P. 1934. Supplement to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales. 12 unnumbered pages in McCulloch, A.R. (ed.). The Fishes and Fish-like Animals of New South Wales. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 104 pp. 43 pls. [11] (Black Deep-sea Angler)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	09-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED