- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- STOMIIFORMES
- PHOSICHTHYIDAE
- Woodsia
- meyerwaardeni
Austral Lightfish, Woodsia meyerwaardeni Krefft 1973
Other Names: Hatchetfish
Austral Lightfish, Woodsia meyerwaardeni. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial
Summary:
A blackish lightfish with a coppery gill cover.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2024, Woodsia meyerwaardeni in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3935
Austral Lightfish, Woodsia meyerwaardeni Krefft 1973
More Info
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Distribution |
Off eastern to southern Tasmania; also north of Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean. Elsewhere the species is circumglobal in the Southern Hemisphere. Adults are mesopelagic over mid-slope habitats, and are reportedly common and abundant in the southern Tasman Sea. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin 10-11; Anal fin 14-16; Pectoral fin 10; Pelvic fin 7; Gill rakers (total) 18-21; Long gill rakers 3-4 in angle of arch; Vertebrae 43-35; Pseudobranchiae present. Photophores: ORB 2, OP 3, SO 1, BR 14-16, VAV 14-15, AC 12-14, IC 51-53; OA 31-33. Preanal part of OA series festoon¬ shaped. |
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Biology |
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Etymology |
The species is named in honour of Paul-Friedrich Meyer-Waarden, of the Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei, on his 70th birthday, and for his contribution to the publication of Krefft’s series of papers on fishes collected during research cruises of the Walther Herwig in South America. |
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Species Citation |
Woodsia meyerwaardeni Krefft 1973, Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft 24(1-3): 130, figs 1-2. Type locality: South Atlantic, 38°14'S, 1°15'E, depth 0 to 750-760 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2024 |
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Resources |
Austral Lightfish, Woodsia meyerwaardeni Krefft 1973
References
Harold, A. & Milligan, R. 2019. Woodsia meyerwaardeni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T135434080A135579487. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T135434080A135579487.en. Accessed on 12 December 2024.
Judkins, D.C. & Haedrich, R.L. 2018. The deep scattering layer micronektonic fish faunas of the Atlantic mesopelagic ecoregions with comparison of the corresponding decapod shrimp faunas. Deep-Sea Research Part I 136: 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2018.04.008
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.
Krefft, G. 1973. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen des FFS "Walther Herwig" nach Südanerika. XXVIII. Woodsia meyerwaardeni spec. nov., ein neuer Gonostomatide aus dem Südatlantik. Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft 24(1-3): 129-139
Williams, A., Koslow, J., Terauds, A. & Haskard, K. 2001. Feeding ecology of five fishes from the mid-slope micronekton community off southern Tasmania, Australia. Marine Biology 139(6): 1177-1192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270100671
Young, J.W., Lamb, T.D. & Bradford, R.W. 1996. Distribution and community structure of midwater fishes in relation to the subtropical convergence off eastern Tasmania, Australia. Marine Biology 126(4): 571-584. (as Woodsia nonsuchae)
