Nezumia suilla Marshall & Iwamoto 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 : 37

Nezumia suilla Marshall & Iwamoto 1973

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Material examined. 257 specimens: MNRJ 26872 (13, 205.0–284.0 mm), T, D-502; MNRJ 26873 (18, 209.0–275.0 mm), T, D-502; MNRJ 26884 (34, 188.0–231.0 mm), T, D-504; MNRJ 26885 (1, 200.0 mm), T, D-506; M NRJ 26887 (21, 154.0–235.0 mm), T, D-506; MN RJ 26894 (1, 153. 0 m m), AG, ASTRO 2003020701; MNRJ 26895 (1, 271.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021403; MNRJ 26896 (1, 285.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003020702; MNRJ 26897 (1, 251.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082002; MNRJ 26909 (1, 315.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082201; MNRJ 26932 (82, 184.0–281.0 mm), T, D-503; MNRJ 26944 (4, 205.0– 115.0 mm), T, E-498; MNRJ 26946 (8, 115.0–256.0 mm), T, E-503; MNRJ 27030 (3, 146.0–185.0 mm), T, E- 502; MNRJ 27050 (1, 306.0 mm), T, E-517; MNRJ 30397 (4, 212.0–231.0 mm), T, E-507; MNRJ 30398 (2, 219.0–233.0 mm), T, E-543; MNRJ 30400 (3, 212.0–304.0 mm), T, E-523; MNRJ 30402 (22, 145.0–260.0 mm), T, E-517; MNRJ 30403 (18, 130.0–273.0 mm), T, E-499; MNRJ 30404 (2, 220.0–274.0 mm), T, E-524; MNRJ 30405 (4, 168.0–283.0 mm), T, E-497; MNRJ 30406 (3, 230.0–304.0 mm), T, E-547; MNRJ 30407 (1, 222.0 mm), T, E-506; MNRJ 30409 (1, 289.0 mm), T, E-531; MNRJ 30410 (1, 258.0 mm), T, E-512; MNRJ 30412 (2, 226.0–285.0 mm), T, E-544; UF 165816 (2, 170.0–280.0 mm), T, D-503; USNM 389079 (2, 164.0– 263.0 mm), T, D-503.

Distribution. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 182 to 1593 m. Nezumia suilla was described from the Gulf of Mexico off Panama (9°20’ N, 81°24’ W), and is known from Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Guiana, Venezuela, and southern Brazil ( Uyeno et al. 1983; Cohen et al. 1990; Serét & Andreata 1992; Menezes & Figueiredo 2003a).

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.