A new species of Bregmaceros (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean, with comments on B. atlanticus and B. japonicus Author Harold, Antony S. 0009-0002-8129-6167 Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, USA; telephone: 1 - 843 - 953 - 9200; harolda @ cofc. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0002 - 8129 - 6167 harolda@cofc.edu Author Baltzegar, D. Andrew 0009-0002-8129-6167 Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, USA; telephone: 1 - 843 - 953 - 9200; harolda @ cofc. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0002 - 8129 - 6167 & Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA; telephone: 1 - 919 - 513 - 0738; dabaltze @ ncsu. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3467 - 4017 harolda@cofc.edu text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-03 5352 2 266 278 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5352.2.7 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.2.7 1175-5326 8407310 E6414078-CEA2-4B86-9230-38EA2A7BFB0C Bregmaceros atlanticus : ATLANTIC OCEAN. GMBL 6267 (2, 39.8–48.5 mm ), 28°59.9′N , 87°30.1′W ( Gulf of Mexico ), 10.7–1499.7 m , DEEPEND Expedition Cruise DP 03, Sta. B 175D-056-N0, 0958–1221 h, 13 May 2016 . MCZ 32323 (1, 44.1 mm ), HOLOTYPE , Caribbean and Straits of Florida , R/V Blake , Stations 045, 150, and 262 mixed, 1877, no other data available. MCZ 109991 (2, 31.7–48.5 mm ), 11°12′N , 53°49′W ( western North Atlantic , Amazonian ), 0–140 m , R / V Oceanus Cruise 22, Field No. JEC7758, 28 Mar. 1977 . USNM 47633 (1, 46.0 mm), PARATYPE , 17°8.4′N , 62°42.0′W ( Caribbean Sea , off Nevis , Leeward Islands ), 0–651 m , R / V Blake , Sta. 151, 15 Jan. 1879 . USNM 256739 (3, 48.7–58.7 mm ), 31°43.8′N , 63°34.8′W ( Bermuda ), 1235–1260 m , Ocean Acre Expedition Cruise 82, Sta. 82-43A, 1358–1658 h, 20 Mar. 1973 . USNM 325139 (14, 51.4–73.4 mm ), 9°0.0′N , 81°22.8′W ( Caribbean Sea , off Panama ) 0–457 m , R / V Oregon Cruise 78, Sta. 3599, 31 May 1962 . USNM 325140 (2, 57.6–71.1 mm ), 11°46.2′N , 69°15.0′W ( Caribbean Sea , off Venezuela ), 0–439 m , R / V Oregon Cruise 87, Sta. 4417, 4 Oct. 1963 . PACIFIC OCEAN. SIO 55-246 (1, 46.0 mm), 05°06.0′N , 078°09.0′W ( eastern Pacific , off Colombia ), 0–1436 m , bottom depth 3456–3731 m , EASTROPAC Expedition , near Hydro Sta. ET-H-46, 2050 h, 14 Nov. 1955 . SIO 97- 98 (4, 28.6–48.7 mm ), 24° 00.0′N , 139° 00.0′W ( central North Pacific ), 0–bottom depth 3800 m , R / V David Starr Jordan Cruise 7210-JD, Sta. 24.139, 0040 h, 29 Oct. 1972 . SIO 97-101 (2, 41.4–49.6 mm ), 27°00.0′N , 135°00.0′W ( central North Pacific ), 0–443 m , bottom depth 4500 m , R / V David Starr Jordan Cruise 7210-JD, Sta. 27-135, 0131 h, 8 Oct. 1972 . USNM 285548 (6, 18.2–46.8 mm ), 15°5.0′N , 126°1.5′W ( central North Pacific ), 0–935 m , R / V Oceanographer , Hawaii Lab Project 76 Expedition , 20 Feb. 1976 .