Deep-sea ophidiiform fishes collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S
Author
Mincarone, Michael M.
Museu Oceanográfico Univali, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, CP 360, 88302 - 202, Itajaí, SC, Brazil. E-mail: mincarone @ univali. br Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. E-mail: jgnielsen @ snm. ku. dk Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Ecologia e Recursos Marinhos, Av. Pasteur, 458, sala 410, Urca, 22290 - 240, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. E-mail: pauloascosta @ uol. com. br
Author
Nielsen, Jørgen G.
Author
Costa, Paulo A. S.
Author
Rv, Rv
text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-05-16
1770
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41
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1770.1.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.2
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Snyderidia canina
Gilbert 1905
(
Fig. 3B
)
Material examined.
25 specimens
,
111–255 mm
SL:
MOVI 38750-38764
(15, 130–
250 mm
), E-0535;
MOVI 38765
(
1, 215 mm
), E-0528;
MOVI 38789
(
1, 255 mm
), E-0536;
MOVI 38795
(1, damaged), E-0538;
MOVI 39181
(
1, 245 mm
), E-0504;
MOVI 39182-39183
(2, 200–
245 mm
), D-0502;
MOVI 39187
(
1, 164 mm
), E-0523;
MOVI 39188-39189
(1, 111–
134 mm
), E-0499;
MOVI 39190-39191
(2, 120–
158 mm
), E- 0524
.
Diagnosis.
As for genus.
Distribution.
Circumglobal, except eastern Pacific (Markle & Olney 1990), at depths from 110 to 1762
m. In the western Atlantic, known from the Gulf of Mexico to southern
Brazil
(McEachran & Fechhelm 1998;
Bernardes
et al
. 2005
).
Remarks.
Collected from several stations off
Bahia
and
Espírito Santo
, at depths from
266 to 1762 m
(depth record). Previously reported from
110 to 1500 m
(
Nielsen
et al.
1999
). Also recorded in Brazilian waters by Markle & Olney (1990),
Bernardes
et al
. (2005)
, and
Namiki
et al
. (2007)
.
OPHIDIIDAE
Supramaxilla present. Very rarely less than 5 long rakers on anterior gill arch. Anal fin origin posterior to dorsal fin origin. Anal fin rays shorter or equal to opposing dorsal fin rays. Dorsal, caudal and anal fins joined. Basibranchial tooth patches most often present. Pelvic fins with 0–2 rays in each. Oviparous. Fifty genera with 245 species.