Kapala Lanternfish, Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton 1995
Illustration of a female Kapala Lanternfish, Diaphus kapalae. Source: After Fig. 5, in Nafpaktitis et al. (1995) New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29(3): 335-344. License: All rights reserved
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Kapala Lanternfish, Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton 1995
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Distribution |
NE of Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, to the Great Australian Bight, E of Point Dempster, Western Australia, including Tasmania; also the Lord Howe Province and the Norfolk Island region in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs off New Caledonia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands and Vanuata. Undertakes daily vertical migrations to feed at night in shallower waters, including surface waters. |
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Etymology |
The species is named after the N.S.W. Fisheries FRV Kapala that collected numerous specimens off the coast of New South Wales. |
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Species Citation |
Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton 1995, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29(3): 342, fig. 5. Type locality: Southeast of Sydney, 34°11'S, 151°29'E, New South Wales, Australia, Kapala station 77-02-02, depth 0-290 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Kapala Lanternfish, Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton 1995
References
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Nafpaktitis, B.G., Robertson, D.A. & Paxton, J.R. 1995. Four new species of the lanternfish genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the Indo‐Pacific, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29(3): 335-344, https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1995.9516668
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Whitley, G.P. 1933: Studies in ichthyology No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 79(1): 60- 112 https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1933.691 (as Collettia perspicillata)
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