Species Protomyctophum subparallelum (Tåning, 1932)
Subparallel Lanternfish
- Myctophum arcticum subparallelum Tåning, Å.V. 1932. Notes on scopelids from the Dana Expeditions. 1. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 94: 125-146 figs 1-16 [128].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMUC P.2329223, off Cook Strait, New Zealand [41°47´S, 176°55´E].Subsequent designation references:
Nafpaktitis, B.G. 1973. A review of the lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) described by Å. Vedel Tåning. Dana Reports 83: 1-46 figs 1-44 [4].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Sydney, NSW (34º10´S) to south of TAS (47ºS) and off Eucla (128º34´E) to off Cape Pasley (124ºE), WA; temperate, southern circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: S oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Mesopelagic.
General References
McGinnis, R.F. 1982. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XII. Biogeography of lanternfishes (Myctophidae) south of 30°S. American Geophysical Union. Antarctic Research Series 35: 1-110 figs 1-56
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Subparallel Lanternfish)
History of changes
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