Bigeye Lightfish, Woodsia nonsuchae (Beebe 1932)
Illustration of the holotype of the Bigeye Lightfish, Woodsia nonsuchae. Source: After Beebe (1932) Zoologica, New York Zoological Society 13(4):61 / Biodiversity Heritage Library. License: CC BY Attribution
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Bray, D.J. 2024, Woodsia nonsuchae in Fishes of Australia, accessed 15 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3404
Bigeye Lightfish, Woodsia nonsuchae (Beebe 1932)
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Distribution |
Off Tuggerah Lake, New South Wales; also Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans - including New Caledonia. Adults are mesopelagic to bathypelagic; larvae are epipelagic. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin 11-12; Anal fin 14-16; Gill rakers 3-4 long rakers in angle of arch; Vertebrae 42-45. Branchiostegal rays 17; Suborbital photophores 2. Anal fin origin behind end of dorsal fin; photophores conspicuous. |
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Etymology |
The species is named after the type locality: Nonsuch Island, Bermuda. |
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Species Citation |
Photichthys nonsuchae Beebe 1932, Zoologica (New York) 13: 61, fig. 11. Type locality: 7 miles south-southwest of Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, depth 600 fathoms. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2024 |
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Bigeye Lightfish, Woodsia nonsuchae (Beebe 1932)
References
Beebe, W. 1932. Nineteen new species and four post-larval deepsea fish. Zoologica (New York) 13: 47-107 figs 1-31
Grey, M. 1959. Three new genera and one new species of the family Gonostomatidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 121(4): 167-184 figs 1-3
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.
Harold, A. & Milligan, R. 2019. Woodsia nonsuchae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T60486567A60811670. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T60486567A60811670.en. Accessed on 11 December 2024.
Masuda, H., Amaoka, K., Araga, C., Uyeno, T. & Yoshino, T. (eds) 1984. The Fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Tokyo : Tokai University Press Vol. 1–2 437 pp. 247 figs 370 pls.
Olivar, M.P. & Beckley, L.E. 2022. Latitudinal variation in diversity and abundance of mesopelagic fishes associated with change in oceanographic variables along 110°E, south-east Indian Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 198 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105053
Olivar, M.P. & Beckley, L.E. 2022. Vertical distribution patterns of early stages of mesopelagic fishes along 110°E, south-east Indian Ocean. Deep Sea Research II: 105111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105111
Watson, W. 1996. Phosichthyidae: lightfishes. pp. 284-293 in Moser, H.G. (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current Region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press, Inc., 1505 pp.
