• Normichthys Parr, A.E. 1951. Preliminary revision of the Alepocephalidae, with the introduction of a new family, Searsidae. American Museum Novitates 1531: 1-21 [17, 19].

  Type species:

   Normichthys operosa Parr, 1951 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

History of changes

• Normichthys yahganorum Lavenberg, R.J. 1965. Normichthys yahganorum, a new searsiid fish from Antarctic waters. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 90: 1-7 [3, Figs. 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype LACM 10264, about 60 miles west and just south of Isla Gamblin, off southern Chile, depth 0-1100 m [45°01'S, 76°33'W].
  Paratype(s) LACM 10265.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

East of Bay of Fires, TAS (41º09S, 152º15E) to southwest of Ceduna, SA (34º03'S, 131º22'E), and in the southern Tasman Sea based on specimens in CSIRO; southern circumglobal

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

100-2720 m

General References

Flynn, A.J. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2012. Guide to Mesopelagic Fishes of the Southern Tasman Sea. Hobart, Australia : CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research i-v + 221 pp. [45]

Heemstra, P.C. 1990. Platytroctidae. pp. 115 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp.

Matsui, T. & Rosenblatt, R.H. 1987. Review of the deep-sea fish family Platytroctidae (Pisces: Salmoniformes). Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography 26: 1-159 [99]

Paulin, C., Stewart, A., Roberts, C. & McMillan, P. 1989. New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series 19: 1-279 [86]

Williams, A. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Family Platytroctidae. pp. 346-353 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [350]

Common Name References

Williams, A. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Family Platytroctidae. pp. 346-353 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [350] (Cloaked Tubeshoulder)

History of changes