Species Symbolophorus barnardi (Tåning, 1932)

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Species Symbolophorus barnardi (Tåning, 1932)

Barnard's Lanternfish, Bullseye Lantern Fish, Bullseye Lantern-fish, Bullseye Lanternfish, Large Lanternfish

Myctophum humboldti barnardi Tåning, Å.V. 1932. Notes on scopelids from the Dana Expeditions. 1. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 94: 125-146 figs 1-16 [128].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMUC P.2329227, off South Africa.
Subsequent designation references:
Nafpaktitis, B.G. 1973. A review of the lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) described by Å. Vedel Tåning. Dana Reports 83: 1-46 figs 1-44 [15].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Tuggerah Lake, NSW (33º17´S) to eastern TAS (42º41´S) and off Perth (32º09´S) to off Illawong (29º40´S), WA; temperate, southern circumglobal.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Tasmania: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Victoria: S oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: W oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [80] (as Myctophum boops)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [38] (268, as Myctophum humboldti)

Paxton, J.R. 1994. Families Neoscopelidae, Myctophidae. pp. 275-279 figs 246-249 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [279]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [37] (442)

Common Name References

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [279] (Bullseye Lanternfish, Large Lanternfish)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [38] (Bullseye Lantern-fish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Print 992 pp., 811 figs. [279]) (Barnard's Lanternfish)

Whitley, G.P. 1934. Supplement to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales. 12 unnumbered pages in McCulloch, A.R. (ed.). The Fishes and Fish-like Animals of New South Wales. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 104 pp. 43 pls. [3] (Bullseye Lantern Fish)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED

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