Hymenocephalus cf. aterrimus Gilbert 1905

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 : 35

Hymenocephalus cf. aterrimus Gilbert 1905

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Material examined. One specimen: MNRJ 27013 (1, 92.1 mm), T, E-498.

Distribution. Collected from off Bahia, at depths from 614 to 629 m. Hymenocephalus aterrimus was described from off the Kauai Island, Hawaii. It is known to have a worldwide distribution in tropical regions of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans ( Iwamoto 1999; Iwamoto 2002); in the WSA, it was previously recorded from northeastern Brazil (3°22’ S, 37°49’ W) by Marshall and Iwamoto (1973b).

Figures

FIGURE 3. (A) Coryphaenoides thelestomus * (MNRJ 27044, 441.0 mm); (B) Haplomacrourus nudirostris (MNRJ 26880, 319.0 mm); (C) Hymenocephalus cf. aterrimus (MNRJ 27013, 92.1 mm); (D) Hymenocephalus billsam (MNRJ 26940 98.8 mm); (E) Macrosmia phalacra (MNRJ 26891, 105.6 mm); (F) Macrouroides inflaticeps * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 200.0 mm); (G) Malacocephalus laevis (MNRJ 30474, 390.0 mm); (H) Malacocephalus occidentalis (MNRJ 30476, 305.0 mm); (I) Malacocephalus okamurai (MNRJ 26988, 300.0 mm); (J) Nezumia atlantica (MNRJ 26922, 326.0 mm); (K) Nezumia suilla (MNRJ 26887, 235.0 mm); (L) Sphagemacrurus grenadae (MNRJ 26879, 208.0 mm). Asterisk indicates pictures taken on board of the collecting vessel, prior to the specimen fixation.