Ventrifossa mucocephalus Marshall 1973

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 : 38-39

Ventrifossa mucocephalus Marshall 1973

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Material examined. 21 specimens: MNRJ 26874 (10, 301.0–380.0 mm), T, D-502; MNRJ 26875 (9, 329.0– 333.0 mm), T, D-502; MNRJ 26886 (1, 391.0 mm), T, D-502; MNRJ 26987 (1, 301.0 mm), T, E-517.

Distribution. First record of Ventrifossa mucocephalus in the WSA. Collected from off Bahia at depths from 705 to 801 m. It was described from northern Cuba (23°05’30” N, 82°35’00” W), and is known from off the Atlantic coast of Florida, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (Cohen et al. 1990).

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.