Cataetyx messieri (Günther 1878)

Mincarone, Michael M., Nielsen, Jørgen G., Costa, Paulo A. S. & Rv, Rv, 2008, Deep-sea ophidiiform fishes collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S, Zootaxa 1770 (1), pp. 41-64 : 56

Cataetyx messieri (Günther 1878)

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Material examined. MOVI 38796 (1, 149 mm SL), AG1-6.

Diagnosis. Body elongate with depressed head; some or all jaw teeth separate and pointed; dorsal and anal fin with 100–116 and 76–86 rays, respectively; no sharp retrorse suborbital spine.

Distribution. Western South Atlantic and eastern South Pacific ( Nielsen et al. 1999), at depths from 140– 1649 m.

Remarks. First record in Brazilian waters. Collected from a single station off Rio de Janeiro, from 1640 to 1649 m depth.

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FIGURE 3. Ophidiiform fishes collected off eastern Brazil during Thalassa and Astro Garoupa expeditions (asterisks indicate photo of preserved specimens): A. Echiodon cryomargarites*; B. Snyderidia canina; C. Acanthonus armatus; D. Barathrites parri; E. Barathrodemus manatinus; F. Bassogigas gilli; G. Bassozetus robustus; H. Dicrolene kanazawai; I. Eretmichthys pinnatus*; J. Holcomycteronus squamosus; K. Luciobrotula sp.*; L. Lamprogrammus brunswigi; M. Monomitopus agassizii*; N. Neobythites monocellatus*; O. Neobythites ocellatus*; P. Neobythites sp.*; Q.Penopus microphthalmus; R. Porogadus catena*; S. Porogadus miles; T. Xyelacyba myersi; U. Cataetyx messieri*; V. Diplacanthopoma brachysoma*.