Species Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson, 1863
Largescale Neoscopelid, Large-scaled Lantern-fish, Large-scaled Lanternfish, Largescale New Lanternfish, Largescaled Neoscopelid
- Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson, J.Y. 1863. Descriptions of five new species of fishes obtained at Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 36-47 pl. 7 [44, pl. 7].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1862.10.3.3, Madeira. - Neoscopelus bruuni Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27 [312] [based on specimens of Neoscopelus macrolepidotus described by McCulloch, A.R. 1914. Report on some fishes obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part 2. Biological Results Endeavour 2(3): 77–165 figs 1–15 pls 13–34 (90 pl. 17)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM E.3549, south-east of Eucla, Great Australian Bight [129°28´E]; AM I.12990, south-east of Eucla, Great Australian Bight [129°28´E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Nafpaktitis, B.G. 1977. Family Neoscopelidae. In, Gibbs, R.H. (ed.) Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1(7): 1-12 figs 1-5 [8]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Newcastle, NSW (32º50´S), south and west to Great Australian Bight (129º28´E) and off Northwest Shelf (116º30´E), WA; tropical, temperate, Atlantic Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- South Australia: S oceanic
- Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Victoria: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: NW oceanic, S oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope.
General References
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [81]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [37] (263)
Paxton, J.R. 1994. Families Neoscopelidae, Myctophidae. pp. 275-279 figs 246-249 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [275]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [37] (449)
Common Name References
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [275] (Large-scaled Lanternfish, Largescale New Lanternfish)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [37] (Large-scaled Lantern-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Largescaled Neoscopelid)
History of changes
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