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Acromycter perturbator Parr 1932

Description

Acromycter perturbator (Parr 1932)

(Fig. 2 B)

Material examined. 60 specimens, 115.0–290.0 mm TL: MNRJ 27096 (2, 147.0–271.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021301; MNRJ 27100 (1, 255.0 mm), T, D-502; MNRJ 27101 (3, 239.0–241.0 mm), T, D-504; M NR J 27102 (1, 267.0 m m), AG, AS TRO 2 0 0 3021403; M NRJ 27104 (1, 272. 0 m m), A G, ASTRO 2003021002; MNRJ 27105 (2, 267.0–290.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003020701; MNRJ 27108 (1, 221.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003020802; MNRJ 27109 (1, 187.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082403; MNRJ 27110 (1, 269.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003020803; MNRJ 27114 (6, 224.0–282.0 mm, 1 cs), T, D-503; MNRJ 27115 (16, 186. 0–282.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003020703; MNRJ 27116 (9, 192.0–265.0 mm, 1 cs), AG, ASTRO 2003082704; USU 0 1402 (6, 234.0–107.0 mm), MD 55 CB 95; USU 0 1406 (4, 115.0–224.0 mm), MD, 43 CB 77; MNHN 1989-345 (1 of 3, 238.0 mm, x-rayed), MD, 43 CB 77; MNHN 1989-346 (1, 290.0 mm, x-rayed), MD, 44 CB 78; MNHN 1989-347 (2 of 6, 172.0–217.0 mm, x-rayed), MD, 55 CB 95; MNHN 1989-348 (1, 253.0 mm, x-rayed), MD, 58 CB 98; MNHN 1989-350 (1, 288.0 mm, x-rayed), MD, 65 CB 106.

Distribution. Acromycter perturbator was described from the Bahamas, and is also known from the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the WSA (Smith 1989b; Séret & Andreata 1992).

Notes

Published as part of Melo, Marcelo R. S., Nunan, Gustavo W. A., Braga, Adriana C. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2009, The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2234 on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190386

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Congridae
Genus
Acromycter
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Anguilliformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Parr
Species
perturbator
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Acromycter perturbator Parr, 1932 sec. Melo, Nunan, Braga & Costa, 2009

References

  • Smith, D. G. (1989 b) Family Congridae. In: Bohlke, E. B. (Ed.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Pt 9, 1. Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 1 (9), New Haven, pp. 460 - 567.
  • Seret, B. & Andreata, J. V. (1992) Deep-sea fishes collected during the oceanographic cruise MD- 55 off Brazil (6 May - 2 June 1987). Cybium, 16, 81 - 100.