Laemonema goodebeanorum Meléndez & Markle 1997

Melo, Marcelo R. S., Braga, Adriana C., Nunan, Gustavo W. A. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2010, On new collections of deep-sea Gadiformes (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S, Zootaxa 2433, pp. 25-46 : 41

Laemonema goodebeanorum Meléndez & Markle 1997

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Material examined. 20 specimens: MNRJ 31057 (11, 90.0–303.0 mm), T, E-534; MNRJ 31085 (4, 194.0– 242.0 mm), T, E-541; MNRJ 31086 (2, 188.0–276.0 mm), T, E-510; MNRJ 31087 (3, 226.0–254.0 mm), T, E- 543.

Distribution. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 545 to 766 m. Laemonema goodebeanorum was described from the Gulf of Mexico (28°34’ N, 86°48’ W), and is also known in the western Atlantic from Brazil to New England, USA ( Meléndez & Markle 1997; Menezes & Figueiredo 2003b; Moore et al. 2003).

Figures

FIGURE 4. (A) Squalogadus modificatus * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 200.0 mm); (B) Trachonurus sulcatus * (MNRJ 27063, 406.0 mm); (C) Ventrifossa macropogon (MNRJ 30429, 288.0 mm); (D) Ventrifossa mucocephalus (MNRJ 26874, 354.0 mm); (E) Merluccius hubbsi * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm); (F) Steindachneria argentea * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm); (G) Antimora rostrata * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm); (H) Gadella imberbis * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm); (I) Halargyreus johnsonii * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm); (J) Laemonema goodebeanorum * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm). The pictures of specimens indicated by an asterisk were taken on board of collecting vessel, prior to the specimen fixation.