Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant 1882

Melo, Marcelo R. S., Nunan, Gustavo W. A., Braga, Adriana C. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2009, The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S, Zootaxa 2234, pp. 1-20 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.190386
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scientific name	Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant 1882
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Material examined. 16 specimens, 345.0–519.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26863 (1, 385.0 mm), T, E- 536; MNRJ 26864 (1, 422.0 mm), T, E- 527; MNRJ 26865 (2, 352.0–381.0 mm), T, E- 540; MNRJ 26866 (2, 280.0–428.0 mm), T, E- 544; MNRJ 26867 (1, 551.0 mm), T, E- 548; MNRJ 26868 (4, 345.0–519.0 mm), T, E- 519; MNRJ 26869 (1, 465.0 mm), T, E- 526; MNRJ 26870 (1, 493.0 mm), T, E- 550; MNRJ 27099 (3, 190.0–403.0 mm), T, E- 520.

Distribution. Eurypharynx pelecanoides was described from off Morocco (29 º 52 ’ N, 11 º 44 ’ W) and is known from all tropical and temperate seas. It was recorded before in the WSA from material obtained by the R/V Walther Herwig (Bertelsen et al. 1989).