Species Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams, 1896)
Narooma Lightfish, Frilled Lighthousefish, Narooma Lantern-fish, Oceanic Lightfish
- Zalarges nimbaria Jordan, D.S. & Williams [no initial], in Jordan, D.S. & Starks, E.C. 1896. The fishes of Puget Sound. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2 5(2): 785-855 pls 76-104 [793, pl. 76].
Type data:
Syntype(s) CAS(SU) 3125, Pacific, NW of Hawaii. - Narooma benefica Whitley, G.P. 1935. Studies in Ichthyology No. 9. Records of the Australian Museum 19(4): 215-250 figs 1-11 pl. 18 [215].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.4647 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397–428 figs 1–45 pl. 30 [407, fig. 15]), near Narooma, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [189] (the holotype of Narooma benefica has 30 photophores and 14+4 gillrakers)
Generic Combinations
- Vinciguerria benefica (Whitley, 1935). —
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] [31] (changed combination cited) - Vinciguerria nimbaria (Jordan & Williams, 1896). —
Witzell, W.N. 1973. Family Gonostomatidae. pp. 114-122 in Hureau, J.-C. & Monod, T. (eds). Checklist of the Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). Paris : UNESCO Vol. 1 683 pp. [122] (changed combination cited)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off North West Cape, WA (22°12'S, 112°53'E) and Coral Sea, QLD (ca 11°'S) to south of TAS and Lord Howe Rise and Norfolk Ridge; tropical, subropical, temperate, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Western Transition (5), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth range: 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. [1904]
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. [239]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [19]
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] [31] (215)
Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Phosichthyidae. pp. 429-432 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. [432]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (271, as Narooma benefica)
Common Name References
FAO-FIES 2019. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Oceanic Lightfish)
Kenaley, C.P. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Families Diplophidae, Gonostomatidae, Phosichthyidae. pp. 420-445 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [443] (Frilled Lighthousefish)
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] [31] (Narooma Lantern-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Narooma Lightfish)
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] (Narooma Lightfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2020 | STOMIIFORMES | 01-Oct-2019 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |