Trachipterus, Goüan, 1770

Moritz, Timo, Stümer, Dewicynthia, Jakobsen, Kirsten & Jakobsen, Joachim, 2015, High-Resolution Functional Imaging of Native Proteins using Force Distance Curve Based Atomic Force Microscopy, Cybium 39 (1), pp. 78-80 : 80

Trachipterus of the Azores

Referring to most authors only T. arcticus occurs around the Azores ( Palmer, 1986; Serrão Santos et al., 1997). Vertebrae counts of the larvae in this study using x-ray records resulted in 101 vertebrae confirming the identification as T. arcticus with a vertebrae range of 99 to 102. Identification of the adult specimen is more ambiguous. For the assignment to T. arcticus we specify its general body shape, which has its highest point not directly behind the head, but further posterior.