• Winteria Brauer, A. 1901. Über einige von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelten Tiefseefische und ihre Augen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der Gesamten Naturwissenschaften du Marburg 8: 115-130 figs 1-3 [126].

  Type species:

   Winteria telescopa Brauer, 1901 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Northwest Province (4)

History of changes

• Winteria telescopa Brauer, A. 1901. Über einige von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelten Tiefseefische und ihre Augen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der Gesamten Naturwissenschaften du Marburg 8: 115-130 figs 1-3 [126].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 17419 (depth 3000 m), Gulf of Guinea [32°36´05"N, 3°27´05"W].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Newcastle, NSW (33º04´S, 153º08'E) to the South Tasman Rise (47º16´S, 149º15'E), south of TAS, and N of Shark Bay, WA (20º57´S, 114º01'E); temperate, circumglobal.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, marine, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

500-3000 m.

General References

Flynn, A.J. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2012. Guide to Mesopelagic Fishes of the Southern Tasman Sea. Hobart, Australia : CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research i-v + 221 pp. [38]

Haedrich, R.L. & Craddock, J.E. 1968. Distribution and biology of the opisthoproctid fish Winteria telescopa Brauer 1901. Breviora. Museum of Comparative Zoology 294: 1–11

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., & Bray, D.J. 2006. Opisthoproctidae. pp. 371-372 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. [372]

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. [171]

Paxton, J.R. & Cohen, D.M. 1999. Families Argentinidae, Microstomatidae, Bathylagidae, Opisthoproctidae. pp. 1884-1887 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. [1887]

Stewart, A.L. 2015. Family Opisthoproctidae. pp. 326-331 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [331]

Common Name References

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., & Bray, D.J. 2006. Opisthoproctidae. pp. 371-372 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. [372] (Binocular Fish)

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

History of changes