Species Photonectes albipennis (Döderlein, 1882)

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• Lucifer albipennis Döderlein, L. 1882. Ein stomiatide aus Japan. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 48(1): 26-31 pl. 3 [26, pl. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype MZUS 1437, Japan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Photonectes albipennis (Döderlein, 1882). —
  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. (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Dampier, WA (116º28'E) to east of Rowley Shoals (16°55'S, 119°55'E), WA and off Cape York, QLD (12º42´S) and Port Kembla, NSW (34°28'S, 151°29' E); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Cape Province (20), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, epipelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

30-2000 m.

 

General References

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.

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]

Klepadlo, C. 2011. Three new species of the genus Photonectes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae) from the Pacific Ocean. Copeia 2011(2): 201-210 [202]

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]

 

Common Name References

Fishnames 2017. Australian Fish Names Database. http://www.fishnames.com.au/ (Whitepen Dragonfish)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [22] (Whitepen Dragonfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Sep-2020	STOMIIFORMES	02-Nov-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED