Species Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr, 1933

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr, A.E. 1933. Deepsea Berycomorphi and Percomorphi from the waters around the Bahama and Bermuda Islands. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 3(6): 1-51 figs 1-22 [41, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype YPM 2798, Off Cat Island, Bahamas [24°51'N, 76°28'W].
  Paratype(s) YPM 2800.
• Pseudoscopelus paxtoni Melo, M. R. S 2010. A revision of the genus Pseudoscopelus Lütken (Chiasmodontidae: Acanthomorphata) with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 2710: 1-78 [Date published 3 Dec.] [42, figs 16B, 17B, 18A, 19A-B, 28H].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMNZ P.28657 (Depth 1409 meters), Off Chatham Islands [42°39'S, 176°57'W].
  Paratype(s) NMNZ P.18068; NMNZ P.20235-36 (2 specimens); NMNZ P.21272; NMNZ P. 24155; NMNZ P.24161; NMNZ P.24255; NMNZ P.25805-06 (2 specimens); NMNZ P.36790; NMNZ P.37858; NMNZ P.38679; SIO 07-164 (Formerly NMNZ P.28793); USNM 391143 (Formerly NMNZ P.28700).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Prokofiev, A.M. 2011. Swallowerfishes (Chiasmodontidae) from the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean and adjacent waters. Journal of Ichthyology 51(9): 695-716 [707]

 

Introduction

Melo (2010) separated P. paxtoni, known from the south-west Pacific from the widespread Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr, 1933. Prokofiev (2011) regarded the species as a junior synonym of P. altipinnis. Examination of eastern Australian material suggests that some material more closely resembles P. altipinnis and we tentatively follow Prokofiev (2011).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Sydney, NSW (AM) and western VIC recorded by Melo (2010); tropical, subtropical, circumglobal

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

893-1223 m

 

General References

Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fong, J.D. 7 January 2015. Species by family/subfamily in the Catalog of Fishes. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/SpeciesByFamily.asp (accessed 5 August 2015)

Prokofiev, A.M. 2011. Swallowerfishes (Chiasmodontidae) from the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean and adjacent waters. Journal of Ichthyology 51(9): 695-716

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	TRACHINOIDEI	10-Feb-2012	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)