Species Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer, 1913)

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External Links

• Melanostomias braueri Zugmayer, E. 1913. Diagnoses des stomiatidés nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht Hirondelle II. (1911 et 1912). Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique Monaco 253: 1-7 [3] [as Melanostomias Braueri].

  Type data:

   Holotype MOM 91 1555 (Depth 0-1000 meters), North Atlantic [39°19´N, 35°24´W].

  Type locality references:

  Morrow, J.E. & Gibbs, R.H. 1964. Family Melanostomiatidae. pp. 351-511 figs 92-136 in Olsen, Y.H. (ed.). Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1(4): 1-599 [494].

 

Generic Combinations

• Photonectes braueri (Zugmayer, 1913). —
  Morrow, J.E. Jr 1973. Melanostomiatidae. pp. 134-141 in Hureau, J.-C. & Monod, T. (eds). Checklist of the Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). Paris : UNESCO Vol. 1 683 pp. [140] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Off Newcastle, NSW (33º05´S) to Cascade Plateau, TAS and south of Norfolk Island, Norfolk Ridge; subtropical, temperate, antitropical, Atlantic Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

200-2000 m.

 

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]

Kenaley, C.P. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Subfamily Melanostomiinae. pp. 494-520 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [519]

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

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Brauer's 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] (Brauer's 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