Steindachneria argentea Goode & Bean 1896

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 : 40

Steindachneria argentea Goode & Bean 1896

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Material examined. 202 specimens: MNRJ 26928 (3, 272.0–364.0 mm), T, E-510; MNRJ 27021 (1, 136.0 mm), T, E-533; MNRJ 27022 (9, 92.0–132.0 mm), T, E-516; MNRJ 27023 (8, 81.0–295.0 mm), T, E-521; MNRJ 27024 (19, 217.0–284.0 mm), T, E-502; MNRJ 27025 (15, 213.0–271.0 mm), T, E-495; MNRJ 27026 (5, 188.0–261.0 mm), T, E-511; MNRJ 27027 (5, 201.0–236.0 mm), T, E-500; MNRJ 27028 (17, 213.0–264.0 mm), T, E-508; MNRJ 27034 (2, 207.0–228.0 mm), T, E-518; MNRJ 27117 (114, 75.0–240.0 mm), T, D-538; MNRJ 27129 (2, ca. 200.0, cs.), T, D-538; UF 165824 (2, 230.0–232.0 mm), T, E-502.

Distribution. First record of Steindachneria argentea in the WSA. Collected from off Bahia, at depths from 100 to 607. It was described from off the Mississippi delta, Gulf of Mexico (39°14’ N, 88°09’ W), and is known from the Straits of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Venezuela (Cohen et al. 1990); more recently, Hartel et al. (2008) recorded it in southern Hudson Canyon, off New England, considerably increasing the known distribution of the species.

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.