Species Nannobrachium achirus (Andriashev, 1962)

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External Links

• Lampanyctus achirus Andriashev, A.P. 1962. Bathypelagic fishes of the Antarctic. 1. Family Myctophidae. Akademii Nauk SSSR, Issledovaniya Fauny Morei 1(9): 216-294 figs 1-36 [in Russian; Bur. Comm. Fish. Ichthyol. Lab. Transl. 29] [256, fig. 27].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIL 36111, Pacific Antarctica [64°36´S, 108°52´W].
  Paratype(s) CAS 15646; ZIL 36635-37.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Brush Island, NSW (35º36´S), Portland, VIC (39ºS, 141ºE) and off Point Nuyts, WA (35º38´S, 116º42´E); temperate, southern circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE oceanic
  • Victoria: S oceanic
  • Western Australia: S oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

 

General References

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. [263] (as Lampanyctus achirus)

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED