Steindachneria argentea Goode & Bean 1896

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 : 40

Steindachneria argentea Goode & Bean 1896

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Material examined. 202 specimens: MNRJ 26928 ( 3, 272.0–364.0 mm), T, E- 510; MNRJ 27021 ( 1, 136.0 mm), T, E- 533; MNRJ 27022 ( 9, 92.0–132.0 mm), T, E- 516; MNRJ 27023 ( 8, 81.0–295.0 mm), T, E- 521; MNRJ 27024 ( 19, 217.0–284.0 mm), T, E- 502; MNRJ 27025 ( 15, 213.0–271.0 mm), T, E- 495; MNRJ 27026 ( 5, 188.0–261.0 mm), T, E- 511; MNRJ 27027 ( 5, 201.0–236.0 mm), T, E- 500; MNRJ 27028 ( 17, 213.0–264.0 mm), T, E- 508; MNRJ 27034 ( 2, 207.0–228.0 mm), T, E- 518; MNRJ 27117 ( 114, 75.0–240.0 mm), T, D- 538; MNRJ 27129 ( 2, ca. 200.0, cs.), T, D- 538; UF 165824 ( 2, 230.0–232.0 mm), T, E- 502.

Distribution. First record of Steindachneria argentea in the WSA. Collected from off Bahia, at depths from 100 to 607. It was described from off the Mississippi delta, Gulf of Mexico ( 39 ° 14 ’ N, 88 °09’ W), and is known from the Straits of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Venezuela (Cohen et al. 1990); more recently, Hartel et al. ( 2008) recorded it in southern Hudson Canyon, off New England, considerably increasing the known distribution of the species.

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.