Species Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana Borodulina, 1977

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• Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana Borodulina, O.D. 1977. A new species of hatchetfish, Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana (Sternoptychidae, Osteichthyes) from the waters of the southern hemisphere. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 17(5): 938-941 figs 1-2 [in Russian; English translation J. Ichthyol. 17(5): 791–794 figs 1–2] [938, fig. 1] [the distinction between this and S. diaphana is slight, as the position of the supra-anal photophore varies, particularly with size, and recognition of two species based on AM material is tentative (Hoese 2006: 428)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIL 43119 (Depth 1500-0 meters), off southern Australia [42°S, 138°28´E].
  Paratype(s) IOAN.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Cape York (12°40' S, 144°01'E) to east of EScape Reef (16°38' S, 146°36'E), Coral Sea, QLD and off Coffs Harbour, NSW (ca 30ºS) to SE TAS and Great Australian Bight, SA to off Busselton, WA (33ºS); subtropical, temperate, southern circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

600-1500 m.

 

General References

Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1990. Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [125]

Harold, A.S. 1999. Families Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae, Phosichthyidae, Astronesthidae, Stomiidae, Chauliodontidae, Melanostomiidae, Idiacanthidae, Malacosteidae. pp. 1896-1917 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. [1902]

Harold, A.S., Stewart, A.L. & Roberts, C.D. 2015. Family Sternoptychidae. pp. 446-468 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [468]

Harold, A.S. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Various family accounts. pp. 225 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [234]

Hoese, D.F. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178. [428]

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. [193]

 

Common Name References

FAO-FIES 2019. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Highlight Hatchetfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (False Oblique Hatchetfish)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [22] (False Oblique Hatchetfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Sep-2020	STOMIIFORMES	23-Sep-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED