Porogadus catena (Goode & Bean 1885)

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 : 55

Porogadus catena (Goode & Bean 1885)

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Material examined. 29 specimens, 74–215 mm SL: MOVI 38766-38788 (23, 74– 180 mm), E-0520; MOVI 38791-38794 (4, 154– 176 mm), E-0509; MOVI 38814 (1, 180 mm), E-0496; MOVI 38823 (1, 215 mm), AG1-6 .

Diagnosis. Head depth less than 60% of head length; spines on top and sides of head poorly developed; frontal spine above eye present; 28–36 lateral line scales to level of anus.

Distribution. Western Atlantic and Gulf of Panama, at depths from 1180 to 3500 m ( Nielsen et al. 1999).

Remarks. First record in Brazilian waters. Collected off Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, from 1635 to 2271 m depth.

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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*.