Ijima's Snaggletooth, Astronesthes ijimai Tanaka 1908
Illustration of Ijima's Snaggletooth, Astronesthes ijimai . Source: Regan & Trewavas (1930) Oceanographical Reports 2(6): 1-143 / Atlas of Living Australia. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Astronesthes ijimai in Fishes of Australia, accessed 22 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4549
Ijima's Snaggletooth, Astronesthes ijimai Tanaka 1908
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Distribution |
Northwest Shelf to off the Bonaparte Archipelago, Western Australia, off the Northern Territory, and off the Gold Coast, Queensland, to off Wollongong, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific. |
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Etymology |
The species is named in honour of zoologist Isao Ijima of the Science College, Imperial University of Tokyo. |
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Species Citation |
Astronesthes ijimai Tanaka 1908, Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 23(13): 9, pl. 1(fig. 1). Type locality: Sagami Sea, Japan. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Ijima's Snaggletooth, Astronesthes ijimai Tanaka 1908
References
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293
Parin, N.V. & Borodulina, O.D. 1994. A preliminary review of the Astronesthes chrysophekadion species complex assigned to the subgenus Stomianodon Bleeker, with description of a new species. Journal of Ichthyology 35(2): 21-39.
Parin, N.V. & Borodulina, O.D. 2003. Phylogeny, systematics, and zoogeography of the mesopelagic genus Astronesthes (Astronesthidae, Stomiiformes). Journal of Ichthyology 43(8): 557-576.
Regan, C.T. & Trewavas, E. 1930. The fishes of the families Stomiatidae and Malacosteidae. Dana Reports 1920–22 6: 1-143 figs 1-138 pls 1-14
Tanaka, S. 1908. Notes on some rare fishes of Japan, with descriptions of two new genera and six new species. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 23(13): 1-24 pls 1-2
