Species Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838)
Power's Lightfish, Power's Deep-water Bristle-mouth Fish, Power's Lighthousefish
- Gonostomus poweriae Cocco, A. 1838. Su di alcuni Salmonidi del mare di Messina; lettera al Ch. D. Carle Luciano Bonaparte. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali. Bologna 1(2): 161-194 pls 5-8 [167, pl. 5(2)] [as Gonostomus Poweriae].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Messina, Mediterranean Sea.
Generic Combinations
- Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838). —
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, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Lake Illawarra, NSW (34º20´S) and eastward in Tasman Sea to off eastern TAS, and off North West Cape, WA (22ºS), Lord Howe Rise and Norfolk Ridge; subtropical, temperate, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth range: 500-2000 m.
General References
Gorbunova, N.N. 1972. Systematics, distribution and biology of the fishes of the genus Vinciguerria (Pisces, Gonostomatidae). Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 93: 70-109 figs 1-18 [in Russian]
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]
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. 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]
Common Name References
FAO-FIES 2019. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Power's Deep-water Bristle-mouth Fish)
Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase) (Power's Deep-water Bristle-mouth Fish)
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. [444] (Power's Lighthousefish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Power's 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] (Power's 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) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |