Halargyreus johnsonii Günther 1862

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 : 41

Halargyreus johnsonii Günther 1862

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Material examined. Six specimens: MNRJ 30639 (1, 354.0 mm), T, E-526; MNRJ 30640 (1, 419.0 mm), T, E-526; MNRJ 30642 (1, 460.0 mm), T, E-526; MNRJ 30643 (1, 423.0 mm), T, E-526; MNRJ 30478 (1, 348.0 mm), T, E-527; MNRJ 30479 (1, 352.0 mm), T, E-537.

Distribution. Collected from off Espírito Santo, at depths from 1342 to 1649 m. Halargyreus johnsonii was described from off Madeira, and has anti-tropical distribution in the Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern Oceans, except for North Pacific (Cohen et al. 1990; Chiu 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.