Species Notoscopelus caudispinosus (Johnson, 1863)

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External Links

• Scopelus caudispinosus 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 [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1862.2.5.3, Madeira.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off North West Cape, WA (22º12´S) and off Newcastle (32º59´S) to off Lake Illawarra (34º20´S), NSW; tropical, Atlantic Indo-west-central 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

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. [267]

 

Common Name References

Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase) (Lobisomem)

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

 

History of changes

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