Species Thysanactis dentex Regan & Trewavas, 1930

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• Thysanactis dentex Regan, C.T. & Trewavas, E. 1930. The fishes of the families Stomiatidae and Malacosteidae. Dana Reports 1920–22 6: 1-143 figs 1-138 pls 1-14 [58, fig. 35, pl. 2(1)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMUC P.202078–80 (3 specimens), Caribbean Sea (Western Atlantic) [12°11´N, 57°12´W; 13°47´N, 61°26´W; 17°41´N, 60°58´W]; BMNH 1929.7.6.8, Caribbean Sea (Western Atlantic) [12°11´N, 57°12´W; 13°47´N, 61°26´W; 17°41´N, 60°58´W]; BMNH 1929.7.6.9, Caribbean Sea (Western Atlantic) [12°11´N, 57°12´W; 13°47´N, 61°26´W; 17°41´N, 60°58´W].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Dampier, WA (18°27' S, 116°33' E, 18°08'S, 116°43'E) and Coral Sea, south of Osprey Reef, QLD; tropical, discontinuous (recorded from Atlantic, east Indian and Pacific Oceans).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Transition (19), Northwest Transition (3)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

500-2000 m.

 

General References

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. [1913]

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., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Melanostomiinae. pp. 443-452 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. [451]

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. [203]

 

Common Name References

Fishnames 2017. Australian Fish Names Database. http://www.fishnames.com.au/ (Broomfin Dragonfish)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [23] (Broomfin Dragonfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Sep-2020	STOMIIFORMES	05-Nov-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED