On new collections of deep-sea Gadiformes (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S
Author
Melo, Marcelo R. S.
Author
Braga, Adriana C.
Author
Nunan, Gustavo W. A.
Author
Costa, Paulo A. S.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2433
25
46
journal article
48324
10.5281/zenodo.194741
8b551682-3e5a-4f76-8998-df10709fc977
1175-5326
194741
Urophycis mystacea
Ribeiro 1903
(
Fig. 2
C)
Material examined.
43 specimens
:
MNRJ
31056 (1, 246.0 mm), T, E-530;
MNRJ
31058 (16, 75.0–215.0 mm), T, E-539;
MNRJ
31062 (5, 227.0–285.0 mm), T, E-531;
MNRJ
21063 (5, 254.0–273.0 mm), T, E-531;
MNRJ
31064 (1, 184.0 mm), T, E-531;
MNRJ
31065 (1, 240.0 mm), T, E-545;
MNRJ
31066 (2, 289.0–302.0 mm), T, E-541;
MNRJ
31067 (2, 282.0–325.0 mm), T, E-532;
MNRJ
31083 (1, 172.0 mm), T, E-546;
MNRJ
31084 (1, 397.0 mm), T, E-541;
MNRJ
26978 (1, 214.0 mm), T, E-546;
MNRJ
31089 (1, 338.0 mm), T, E- 530;
MNRJ
31090 (1, 386.0 mm), T, E-541;
MNRJ
31091 (1, 402.0 mm), T, E-541;
MNRJ
31092 (1, 345.0 mm), T, E-538;
MNRJ
31093 (1, 415.0 mm), T, E-534.
Distribution.
Collected from off Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from
182 to 616 m
; one specimen collected at
1645–1762 m
is understood as an accidental catch during net transition since this is a well known shallow water species (Cohen
et al.
1990).
Urophycis mystacea
was described from off Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
and is generally regarded as the species from southern
Brazil
to
Argentina
.
Cousseau (1993)
suggest that
U. mystacea
is a junior synonym of
U. cirrata
(Goode & Bean 1896)
, which currently regarded as the species from Florida, Gulf of
Mexico
, Caribbean, and
Venezuela
to off the mouth of the Orinoco River (Cohen
et al.
1990; Menezes 2003b).