Neobathyclupea elongata (Trunov 1975)

Other Names: Slender (Southern) Deepsea Herring

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Bray, D.J. 2023, Neobathyclupea elongata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 22 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5194

Neobathyclupea elongata (Trunov 1975)

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Distribution	Recorded from the Coral Sea off Townsville, and the Tasman Sea (near Norfolk Island) in Australia's EEZ. Elsewhere, the species occurs in subtropical waters of the southern hemisphere from the southeastern Atlantic to the southern part of the Coral Sea and New Zealand between 18° and 34° S; depth range 400-785 m.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin elongata (= elongate), in reference to the body shape of this species being the “most representative character”.
Species Citation	Bathyclupea elongata Trunov 1975, Voprosy Ikhtiologii 15(6) (art. 95): 1116, Fig. Type locality: Southeastern Atlantic, 30°01'S, 14°56'E, depth 462-475 m.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2023
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Neobathyclupea elongata (Trunov 1975)

References

Heemstra, P.C. 1986. Bathyclupeidaee. In, Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls.

Prokofiev, A.M. 2014. Taxonomy and distribution of deepsea herring (Bathyclupeidae) in oceans. Journal of Ichthyology 54 (8):493-500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0032945214050063

Trunov, I.A. 1975. Notes on the fish fauna of the south-eastern Atlantic. A new species of fish from the family Bathyclupeidae. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 15 (6) (95): 1116-1117. (In Russian) [English translation in Journal of Ichthyology 15 (6):98-999.]

Prokofiev, A.M. 2014. Taxonomy and distribution of deepsea herring (Bathyclupeidae) in oceans. Journal of Ichthyology 54( 8): 493-500. Abstract