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CAAB: 37121001

Species Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson, 1863

Largescale Neoscopelid, Large-scaled Lantern-fish, Large-scaled Lanternfish, Largescale New Lanternfish, Largescaled Neoscopelid

 

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.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED