Nezumia duodecim (Iwamoto, 1970)

González, José A., Martins, Albertino, Santana, José I., Triay-Portella, Raül, Monteiro, Carlos, García-Martín, Verónica, Jiménez, Sebastián, González-Lorenzo, Gustavo, Pajuelo, José G., Lorenzo, José M. & Biscoito, Manuel, 2014, New and rare records of teleost fishes from the Cape Verde Islands (eastern-central Atlantic Ocean), Cybium 38 (4), pp. 289-300 : 294-295

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2014-384-007

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13256427

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scientific name

Nezumia duodecim (Iwamoto, 1970)
status

 

Nezumia duodecim (Iwamoto, 1970) View in CoL ( Fig. 2C View Figure 2 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. - MMF39286 View Materials , 72.8 View Materials mm PAL , MMF39287 View Materials , 62.9 View Materials mm PAL , 16°18’N 22°44’W, E of Ponta Antónia , Boa Vista GoogleMaps Island, 831‑1023 m, cruise Cabo Verde 2005‑06, sta. 48, 7 Jun. 2005, BT .

Remarks. - A benthopelagic deep-water species found between 329 and 1261 m depth. Known only from the eastern Atlantic, from Mauritania (24°N) to Angola ( Cohen et al., 1990). Apparently found deeper in the northern part of its range ( Merrett and Marshall, 1981). This is the first record of this species from the Cape Verde Islands.

COHEN D. M., INADA T., IWAMOTO T. & SCIALABBA N., 1990. - FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop., 10 (125): 1 - 442.

MERRETT N. G. & MARSHALL N. B., 1981. - Observations on the ecology of deep-sea bottom-living fishes collected off northwest Africa (08 ° - 27 ° N). Prog. Oceanogr., 9: 185 - 244.

Gallery Image

Figure 2. ‑ First records of teleost fishes from the Cape Verde Islands. A: Gnathophis mystax, SL 365 mm, MMF39446; B: Nezumia africana, PAL 65.2 mm, MMF43121; C: Nezumia duodecim, PAL 72.8 mm, MMF39286; D: Ectreposebastes imus, SL 91 mm, MMF48816; E: Paraliparis sp., SL 251 mm, TFMC‑VP/01377; F: Lappanella fasciata, SL 140 mm, MMF42284. Scale bars = 20 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Gadiformes

Family

Macrouridae

Genus

Nezumia