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Species Pachystomias microdon (Günther, 1878)

Smalltooth Dragonfish, Small-toothed Dragonfish

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Off Dampier, WA (18º40´S), WA,and off Newcastle (32°59'S, 153°02'E) to east of Sydney (33°53'S, 152°02'E), NSW, Great Australian Bight, W of Port Lincoln, SA; also north-west of Norfolk Is., in EEZ waters (27º38S, 163º43'E), type locality is Coral Sea east of Queensland, Australia; tropical, temperate, circumglobal.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

500-2000m.

 

General References

Harold, A.S. 1999. Families Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae, Phosichthyidae, Astronesthidae, Stomiidae, Chauliodontidae, Melanostomiidae, Idiacanthidae, Malacosteidae. pp. 1896-1917 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1913]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [19]

Kenaley, C.P., Harold, A.S. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Stomiidae. pp. 240-254 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [254]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [51]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [30] (209)

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Melanostomiinae. pp. 443-452 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [450]

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. [202]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (282)

 

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)
25-Nov-2012 STOMIIFORMES 25-Nov-2012 MOVED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
11-Sep-2020 12-Jan-2012 MODIFIED
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED