Urophycis brasiliensis (Kaup 1858)

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 : 29

Urophycis brasiliensis (Kaup 1858)

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Material examined. One specimen: MNRJ 27035 (1, 370.0 mm), T, E-539.

Distribution. Collected from off Espírito Santo, at depths from 192 to 207 m. Urophycis brasiliensis was described from off Montevideo, Uruguay; it is also known from Argentina to Southern Brazil ( Cousseau 1993; Bernardes et al. 2005; Menezes 2003b).

Figures

FIGURE 2. (A) Bregmaceros sp. (MNRJ 27001, 56.0 mm); (B) Urophycis brasiliensis (MNRJ 27035, 370.0 mm); (C) Urophycis mystacea (MNRJ 26978, 214.0 mm); (D) Gadomus arcuatus * (MNRJ 27067, 541.0 mm); (E) Gadomus capensis * (MNRJ 26921, 405.0 mm); (F) Coelorinchus caribbaeus (MNRJ 26878 (, 210.0 mm); (G) Coelorinchus aff. carminatus (MNRJ 26985, 200.0 mm); (H) Coelorinchus marinii (MNRJ 26925, 266.0 mm); (I) Coelorinchus occa (MNRJ 27095, 360.0 mm); (J) Cetonurus globiceps * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 200.0 mm); (K) Coryphaenoides cf. leptolepis (MNRJ 26899, 302.0 mm); (L) Coryphaenoides rudis (MNRJ 27070, 415.0 mm). Asterisk indicates pictures taken on board of the collecting vessel, prior to the specimen fixation.