Species Melanostomias paucilaternatus Parin & Pokhilskaya, 1978

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• Melanostomias paucilaternatus Parin, N.V. & Pokhilskaya, G.N. 1978. On the systematics and distribution of mesopelagic fishes of the genus Melanostomias (Melanostomiatidae, Osteichthyes). Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 111: 61-86 figs 1-9 [in Russian] [80, fig. 9(a, b)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIL 43781 (Depth 1000m), west Pacific [5°38´S, 130°53´E].
  Paratype(s) ZIL 43782; IOAN; ZMMU P-14407.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off the North-west of Port Hedland (18°40'S, 116°30' E to 18°08'S, 116°43'E), WA also known from Timor Sea Indonesia just north of Australia (8°50’S, 129°43’S); tropical, east Atlantic Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

500-2000 m.

 

General References

Aizawa, M. 2002. Stomiiformes. pp. 1474-1481 in Nakabo, T. (ed.). Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. English edition. Tokyo : Toikai University Press pp. 867-1749. [1479] (regarded as distinct from Melanostomias macrophotus)

Gibbs, R.H. Jr & Barnett, M.A. 1990. Family Melanostomiidae. pp. 50-53 in Quéro, J.-C., Hureau, J.-C., Karrer, C., Post, A. & Saldanha, L. (eds). Check-list of the Fishes of the Eastern Tropical Atlantic. Paris : UNESCO 1492 pp., 3 vols. (regarded as a junior synonym of Melanostomias macrophotus)

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. [1913]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [19]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Melanostomiinae. pp. 443-452 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. [449]

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. [201]

 

Common Name References

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [22] (Spothead Dragonfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Sep-2020	STOMIIFORMES	30-Oct-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED