Gadella imberbis (Vaillant 1888)

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

Gadella imberbis (Vaillant 1888)

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Material examined. 98 specimens: MNRJ 26931 (4, 120.0–145.0 mm), T, E-535; MNRJ 27017 (1, 155.0 mm), T, E-498; MNRJ 27018 (5, 150.0–189.0 mm), T, E-518; MNRJ 27019 (2, 156.0–201.0 mm), T, E-543; MNRJ 27020 (10, 147.0–204.0 mm), T, D-464; MNRJ 30480 (14, 89.0–133.0 mm), T, E-503; MNRJ 30481 (42, 125.0–164.0 mm), T, E-499; MNRJ 30482 (19, 119.0–145.0 mm), T, E-502; MNRJ 30483 (1, 170.0 mm), T, E-511.

Distribution. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 233 to 1016 m. Gadella imberbis was described from off Cape Verde Islands (16°53’ N, 25°10’ W), and is known from the eastern and western Atlantic, from about 40° N to 30° S (Cohen et al. 1990; Menezes & Figueiredo 2003b).

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.