Monomitopus agassizii ( Goode & Bean 1896 )

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 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5124970
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scientific name	Monomitopus agassizii ( Goode & Bean 1896 )
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Monomitopus agassizii ( Goode & Bean 1896) View in CoL

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Material examined. 28 specimens, 149–203 mm SL: MOVI 38699-38702 View Materials (4, 177– 201 mm), E-0522; MOVI 38703-38710 View Materials (8, 156– 203 mm), E-0517; MOVI 38717-38720 View Materials (4, 188– 195 mm), E-0503; MOVI 38721- 38727 View Materials (7, 179– 192 mm), E-0499; MOVI 38742 View Materials (1, 186 mm), E-0504; MOVI 38743-38745 View Materials (3, 150– 186 mm), E-0507; MOVI 38797 View Materials (1, 149 mm), AG1 .

Diagnosis. Head rather deep and downward inflected with poorly ossified opercular bones, anterior gill arch with 12–19 developed rakers on lower arm; 7–10 scales in an oblique row between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line.

Distribution. Western Atlantic ( Nielsen et al. 1999).

Remarks. First record in Brazilian waters. Collected from several stations off Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 266 to 1275 m. Previously known from 530 to 1010 m ( Nielsen et al. 1999).