The ceratioid anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of New Zealand
Citation
Stewart A, Pietsch T W (2015): The ceratioid anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of New Zealand. v1.3. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Dataset/Occurrence. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=nzanglerfishes&v=1.3 https://doi.org/10.15468/omwj0c accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-15.Description
Ceratioid anglerfishes collected from New Zealand waters are reviewed on the basis of all known material. Twenty species in nine genera and six families are recognised; nine species represent new records for the region, and one species of Oneirodes is described as new to science. Diagnostic and descriptive data are given with notes on geographical distribution. Diagnoses of all ceratioid families are provided, against the possibility of capture within the New Zealand EEZAdditional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Ceratioid anglerfishes
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Ceratioideicommon name: Angelerfish rank: suborder
Geographic Coverages
New Zealand region
Bibliographic Citations
- A. L. Stewart & T. W. Pietsch (1998) The ceratioid anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28:1, 1-37, DOI:10.1080/03014223.1998.9517553 -
Contacts
Andrew Stewartoriginator
position: Collection Manager; Fishes
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P. O. Box 467
Wellington
NZ
homepage: http://www.tepapa.govt.nz
T. W. Pietsch
originator
position: Researcher
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Wellington
NZ
Andrew Stewart
metadata author
position: Collection Manager; Fishes
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P. O. Box 467
Wellington
NZ
homepage: http://www.tepapa.govt.nz
Andrew Stewart
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager; Fishes
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P. O. Box 467
Wellington
NZ
homepage: http://www.tepapa.govt.nz