Genus Pachystomias Günther, 1887

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• Pachystomias Günther, A. 1887. Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H.M.S Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 22(57): 1-268 figs 1-7 pls 1-66 [210].

  Type species:

   Echiostoma microdon Günther, 1878 by monotypy.

 

Introduction

The genus has been placed in the Melanostomiinae (Nelson et al. 2016). We follow Kenaley & Stewart (2015) in placing the genus here. However, other works have questioned the traditional subfamily arrangement in the Stomiidae (Schnell & Johnson 2017).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical, temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Southern Province (8)

General References

Kenaley, C.P. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Subfamily Malacosteinae. pp. 524-530 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576.

Nelson, J.S., Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. 2016. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons 5, 752 pp.

Schnell, N.K. & Johnson, D.G. 2017. Evolution of a functional head joint in deep-sea fishes (Stomiidae). PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 12(2): e0170224, 11 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Nov-2012	STOMIIFORMES	25-Nov-2012	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
11-Sep-2020		02-May-2012	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED