Species Photostylus pycnopterus Beebe, 1933
Starry Slickhead, Starry Smooth-head
- Photostylus pycnopterus Beebe, W. 1933. Deep-sea isospondylous fishes. Two new genera and four new species. Zoologica (New York) 13(8): 159-167 figs 39-42 [163, fig. 41].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 170959 (depth 0-800 fathoms; formerly NYZS 10217), 9 miles south-east of Nonsuch Island, Bermuda.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
East of Newcastle, NSW (33º04´S, 153º08'E) to east of St Helens, TAS (41º07'S, 152º20'E), also southern Tasman Sea, previously recorded from Northwest Shelf but this was based on a misidentified species of Rouleina; tropical, temperate, circumglobal
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12)
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, marine, mesopelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
600-1500 m.
General References
Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Alepocephalidae. pp. 384-393 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. [390]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [19]
Sazonov, Y.I. & Markle, D.F. 1999. Family Alepocephalidae. pp. 1888-1893 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. [1893]
Sazonov, Y.I. & Williams, A. 2001. A review of the alepocephalid fishes (Argentiniformes, Alepocephalidae) from the continental slope of Australia: Part I. Journal of Ichthyology 41(suppl. 1): 1-36 [15]
Tsukamoto, Y., Aizawa, M. & Okiyama, M. 1992. First record of the alepocephalid fish, Photostylus pycnopterus, from Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 39(3): 255-258
Common Name References
Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase) (Starry Smooth-head)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Starry Slickhead)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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06-Jun-2016 | ARGENTINIFORMES | 20-May-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
06-Jun-2016 | 13-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |