Species Scopelosaurus smithii Bean, 1925

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• Scopelosaurus smithii Bean, B.A. 1925. Description of a new species of luminous lizard fish, Scopelosaurus smithii, from off the coast of Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 38: 13-14 [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype 86676, Off the coast of Brazil.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Exmouth Plateau, WA (20°16'S, 113°13'E), Queensland Plateau, Coral Sea, QLD (16°55 S, 151°34 E) and southern TAS (43°52'S, 148°05'E), tropical, temperate, southern circumglobal (except for Eastern Pacific)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Northeast Province (18), Northwest Province (4)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	AULOPIFORMES	18-Jul-2016	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)