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Coryphaenoides thelestomus Maul 1951

Description

Coryphaenoides thelestomus Maul 1951

(Fig. 3 A)

Material examined. Two specimens: MNRJ 27076 (1, 630.0 mm), T, E-512; MNRJ 27044 (1, 441.0 mm), T, E-505.

Distribution. First record of Coryphaenoides thelestomus in the WSA. Collected from off Bahia, at depths from 1036 to 1197 m. It was described from off Madeira, western North Atlantic. It is considered to be a rare species, previously known from few specimens collected in the North Atlantic (Crabtree 1983; Gaistdoerfer 1990).

Other

Published as part of 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, pp. 25-46 in Zootaxa 2433 on page 35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.194741

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Macrouridae
Genus
Coryphaenoides
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Gadiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Maul
Species
thelestomus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Coryphaenoides thelestomus Maul, 1951 sec. Melo, Braga, Nunan & Costa, 2010

References

  • Crabtree, R. E. (1983) Confirmation of the validity of Coryphaenoides alateralis as distinct from Coryphaenoides thelestomus based on new captures from the North Atlantic. Copeia, 1983, 1083 - 1086.