Paraliparis membranaceus Günther, 1887

Carneiro, Miguel, Martins, Rogélia, Landi, Monica & Costa, Filipe O., 2014, Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf, European Journal of Taxonomy 73, pp. 1-73 : 48

Paraliparis membranaceus Günther, 1887

– No common name

The holotype of P. membranaceus was caught on the 10 th of January 1876, off Cabo San Vicente, Sarmiento Channel, Chile, BMNH 1887.12.7.20, “Challenger” Sta. 310, 74.0500º W, 51.4583º S.

According to Stein (2005), information on the collection area was obscure but unequivocal ( Murray 1895). Over time, erroneous reports of the occurrence of P. membranaceus accumulated in literature. In fact, Günther’s (1887) description omitted mentioning that it was from Chile (“... off Cape St. Vincent, Station 310 ...”). Subsequent authors did not verify the actual collection data, and even the Natural History Museum online catalogue included incorrect collection data that have subsequently been corrected ( Stein 2005). Burke (1930) also omitted the information that the specimen was from the fjord waters of southern Chile, and Nobre (1935) and Albuquerque (1954 –1956) referred to Günther and Burke. Still later, Lindberg (1973) misinterpreted “Cape St. Vincent ” as meaning “off Portugal ”, i.e. the Cape St. Vincent, which is the best known geographic feature of the south coast of Portugal. Stein & Able (1986) cited Lindberg. The species P. membranaceus was omitted from the reviews of Chilean liparids ( Stein et al. 1991) and of Southern Ocean species ( Andriashev 1998, 2003). The P. membranaceus record off mainland Portugal is erroneous. For this reason this species is not included in this list.