Genus Scopelarchus Alcock, 1896
- Scopelarchus Alcock, A.W. 1896. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer Investigator, Series 2(2). A supplemental list of the marine fishes of India with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 65(2,3): 301-338 [306] [type species as Guentheri].
Type species:
Scopelarchus guentheri Alcock, 1896 by monotypy (type species as Scopelarchus Guentheri).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)
General References
Johnson, R.K. 1982. Fishes of the families Evermannellidae and Scopelarchidae: systematics, morphology, interrelationships and zoogeography. Fieldiana Zoology ns 12: 1-252 figs 1-74
History of changes
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| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |