Echiodon cryomargarites Markle, Williams & Olney 1983

Mincarone, Michael M., Nielsen, Jørgen G., Costa, Paulo A. S. & Rv, Rv, 2008, Deep-sea ophidiiform fishes collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S, Zootaxa 1770 (1), pp. 41-64 : 47

Echiodon cryomargarites Markle, Williams & Olney 1983

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Material examined. MOVI 38790 (1, 370 mm SL), E-0529.

Diagnosis. Dorsal fin origin distinctly behind anal fin origin; pectoral fin-rays 19–21; precaudal vertebrae 25–29.

Distribution. Western South Atlantic and South Pacific. In the western Atlantic, it is known from Espírito Santo, Brazil (present study) to Tierra del Fuego and South Georgia Island (Markle & Olney 1990), at depths from 400 to 1441 m.

Remarks. The 370-mm specimen represents the northernmost (19°49'S) and deepest (1441 m) record of the species. Previously reported off southern Brazil by Marke & Olney (1990) and Bernardes et al. (2005).

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FIGURE 3. Ophidiiform fishes collected off eastern Brazil during Thalassa and Astro Garoupa expeditions (asterisks indicate photo of preserved specimens): A. Echiodon cryomargarites*; B. Snyderidia canina; C. Acanthonus armatus; D. Barathrites parri; E. Barathrodemus manatinus; F. Bassogigas gilli; G. Bassozetus robustus; H. Dicrolene kanazawai; I. Eretmichthys pinnatus*; J. Holcomycteronus squamosus; K. Luciobrotula sp.*; L. Lamprogrammus brunswigi; M. Monomitopus agassizii*; N. Neobythites monocellatus*; O. Neobythites ocellatus*; P. Neobythites sp.*; Q.Penopus microphthalmus; R. Porogadus catena*; S. Porogadus miles; T. Xyelacyba myersi; U. Cataetyx messieri*; V. Diplacanthopoma brachysoma*.