Urophycis mystacea Ribeiro 1903

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 : 31

Urophycis mystacea Ribeiro 1903

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Material examined. 43 specimens: MNRJ 31056 (1, 246.0 mm), T, E-530; MNRJ 31058 (16, 75.0–215.0 mm), T, E-539; MNRJ 31062 (5, 227.0–285.0 mm), T, E-531; MNRJ 21063 (5, 254.0–273.0 mm), T, E-531; MNRJ 31064 (1, 184.0 mm), T, E-531; MNRJ 31065 (1, 240.0 mm), T, E-545; MNRJ 31066 (2, 289.0–302.0 mm), T, E-541; MNRJ 31067 (2, 282.0–325.0 mm), T, E-532; MNRJ 31083 (1, 172.0 mm), T, E-546; MNRJ 31084 (1, 397.0 mm), T, E-541; MNRJ 26978 (1, 214.0 mm), T, E-546; MNRJ 31089 (1, 338.0 mm), T, E- 530; MNRJ 31090 (1, 386.0 mm), T, E-541; MNRJ 31091 (1, 402.0 mm), T, E-541; MNRJ 31092 (1, 345.0 mm), T, E-538; MNRJ 31093 (1, 415.0 mm), T, E-534.

Distribution. Collected from off Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 182 to 616 m; one specimen collected at 1645–1762 m is understood as an accidental catch during net transition since this is a well known shallow water species (Cohen et al. 1990). Urophycis mystacea was described from off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is generally regarded as the species from southern Brazil to Argentina. Cousseau (1993) suggest that U. mystacea is a junior synonym of U. cirrata (Goode & Bean 1896) , which currently regarded as the species from Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Venezuela to off the mouth of the Orinoco River (Cohen et al. 1990; Menezes 2003b).

Figures

FIGURE 2. (A) Bregmaceros sp. (MNRJ 27001, 56.0 mm); (B) Urophycis brasiliensis (MNRJ 27035, 370.0 mm); (C) Urophycis mystacea (MNRJ 26978, 214.0 mm); (D) Gadomus arcuatus * (MNRJ 27067, 541.0 mm); (E) Gadomus capensis * (MNRJ 26921, 405.0 mm); (F) Coelorinchus caribbaeus (MNRJ 26878 (, 210.0 mm); (G) Coelorinchus aff. carminatus (MNRJ 26985, 200.0 mm); (H) Coelorinchus marinii (MNRJ 26925, 266.0 mm); (I) Coelorinchus occa (MNRJ 27095, 360.0 mm); (J) Cetonurus globiceps * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 200.0 mm); (K) Coryphaenoides cf. leptolepis (MNRJ 26899, 302.0 mm); (L) Coryphaenoides rudis (MNRJ 27070, 415.0 mm). Asterisk indicates pictures taken on board of the collecting vessel, prior to the specimen fixation.