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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Holcomycteronus squamosus
(Roule 1916)
(
Fig. 3J
)
Material examined.
MOVI
38682 (
1, 285 mm
SL), AG1-2.
Diagnosis.
Number of dorsal fin-rays 107–119, anal fin-rays 86–93, pectoral fin-rays 20 and vertebrae 70–73; paired basibranchial tooth patches do not overlap median tooth patches; otolith almost circular.
Distribution.
Atlantic Ocean (
Nielsen
et al.
1999
), at depths from
1981 to 5005 m
.
Remarks.
First record in Brazilian waters. Collected from a single station off
Rio de Janeiro
, at
1122– 1147 m
depth.