A checklist of the deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Author
Goren, Menachem
Author
Galil, Bella S.
text
Zootaxa
2015
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4
507
530
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.2
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Bathypterois dubius
Vaillant, 1888
Bathypterois dubius
Vaillant, 1888: 124
, Pls. 9, 12, 14, 15.
Type
locality: Azores, Atlantic Ocean.
Bathypterois dubius
,
Quéro & Ribes, 1999
: 200
–204 (synonymized
B. mediterraneus
with
B. dubius
);
Bathypterois mediterraneus
Bauchot, 1962: 639
, Figs. 4b, 6.
Type
locality: Rosas, Costa Brava,
Spain
.
Bathypterois mediterraneus,
Klausewitz, 1989
: 255
;
Galil & Goren, 1994
: 48;
Goren & Galil, 1997
: 201; 2002: 151;
Gates
et
al
.
,
2012
:
217–219
.
Distribution.
Northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean; depth range
260–2800 m
.
Comment.
Quero & Ribes (1999)
, who compared the populations of
B. mediterraneus
and
B
.
dubius
from the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, concluded that they are identical and
B. mediterraneus
is a junior synonym of
B. dubius
.
Froese & Pauly (2014)
stated that
B. mediterraneus
"may be valid". Further taxonomic study using molecular tools may resolve the issue.