Species Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929)

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External Links

• Scopelus bericoides Borodin, N.A. 1929. Some new deep sea fishes. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club, Boston 10: 109-111 [110].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 31627 (depth 0-800 fathoms), North Atlantic [41°30'N, 45°57'W].

 

Generic Combinations

• Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929). —
  Kobyliansky, S.G. 1986. Materials for a revision of the family Bathylagidae (Teleostei, Salmoniformes). Transactions. P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology 121: 6-50 [in Russian] [45] (changed combination as type species of the genus Melanolagus)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

North of Osprey Reef, Coral Sea (12º22'S, 146º29'E) to east of Cairns, QLD (16º49'S, 146º59'E), and off Sydney, NSW (33º54'S, 151º54'E) to west of Granville Harbour, TAS (41º48'S, 144º26'E), also north of Macquarie Island; tropical, temperate, circumglobal

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Macquarie Island Province (24)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, marine, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

100-1700 m

 

General References

Flynn, A.J. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2012. Guide to Mesopelagic Fishes of the Southern Tasman Sea. Hobart, Australia : CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research i-v + 221 pp. [33]

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Microstomatidae. pp. 199-201 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [201]

Gon, O. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Family Bathylagidae. pp. 337-345 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [345]

Miya, M. 1994. Seasonal occurrence of deep-sea bathylagid fishes in Sagami Bay, Central Japan, with notes on their reproduction. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 40(4): 433-440 [435] (as Bathylagus bericoides)

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Microstomatidae. pp. 373-378 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. [376]

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. [168] (as Bathylagus bericoides)

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	PROTACANTHOPTERYGII	16-Aug-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
06-Jun-2016	ARGENTINIFORMES	20-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
06-Jun-2016		13-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED