Neobathyclupea elongata (Trunov 1975)

Other Names: Slender (Southern) Deepsea Herring

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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.
Features	Dorsal fin 10; Anal fin 1,27; Pectoral fin 27; Gill rakers 1+14. Body depth 4.7, head 3.0 in SL; eye diameter greater than snout length, 12.8% SL; pectoral fin length less than head length.
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. 2025
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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/159204

Prokofiev, A.M. 2014. Deepsea herrings (Bathyclupeidae) of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology 54(2): 137-145. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945214020076

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

Prokofiev, A.M., Gon, O. & Psomadakis, P.N. 2016. A new species of Neobathyclupea from the northern Indian Ocean with comments on N. malayana (Teleostei, Perciformes, Bathyclupeidae). Zootaxa 4208(5): 474-484. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4208.5.5

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.]