CAAB: 37112006
Species Photostomias lucingens Kenaley, 2009
- Photostomias lucingens Kenaley, C. P. 2009. Revision of Indo-Pacific species of the loosejaw dragonfish genus Photostomias (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Malacosteinae). Copeia 2009(1): 175-189 [183].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 219291 ♂, 78.2 mm., Central North Pacific, off Leeward Oahu, Hawaii [21°20–30'N, 158°20– 30'W.].
Paratype(s) MCZ 131736 (Female, 95.0 mm, male, 86.0 mm, 95–100 m); MCZ 161573 (Male, 83.0 mm); SIO 63-551 (Male, 109.0 mm); SIO 69-345 (Male, 105.9 mm); SIO 72-23 (Male, 65.4 mm); SIO 72-309 (Male, 103.7 mm); SIO 75-633 (2 males); USNM 258675 (Male, 77.9 mm); USNM 296737 (2 females, 80.0–85.0 mm, 3 males, 79.0–99.0 mm); USNM 305264 (Female 73.0 mm, male 105.0 mm).
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
South of Norfolk Island (31°36'S, 167°50'E) and also recorded form the Lord Howe Rise in the Tasman Sea (27°38'S, 163°43'E) outside of existing bioregions; antitropical in the Pacific and in the eastern South Atlantic between 5-23°S.
IMCRA
Norfolk Island Province (21)
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, epipelagic, mesopelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
0-2000 m
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOMIIFORMES | 05-Jan-2012 | ADDED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |