Species Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara, 1943

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• Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara, K. 1943. Ichthyological annotations from the depth of the Sea of Japan. III. A review of the scopelid fish, referable to the genus Neoscopelus. Journal of Sigenkagaku Kenkyusyo 1(1): 55-63 figs 11-15 [59, fig. 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype FAKU 6582, off Heta, Suruga, Japan.
  Paratype(s) FAKU 1061-1070; FAKU 2120; FAKU 2251; FAKU 2253-55; FAKU 4926; FAKU 6228-32; FAKU 6578; FAKU 6579-81; FAKU 6605.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Northwest Shelf, WA (116º42´E) and off NSW from Newcastle (32º50´S) to Kiama (33º39´S); tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE oceanic
  • Western Australia: NW oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope.

 

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. [252]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

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