Species Photostylus pycnopterus Beebe, 1933

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• 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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, marine, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

600-1500 m.

 

General References

Flynn, A.J. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2012. Guide to Mesopelagic Fishes of the Southern Tasman Sea. Hobart, Australia : CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research i-v + 221 pp. [41]

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]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [210]

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)
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