Physiculus fulvus Bean 1884
Description
Physiculus fulvus Bean, 1884
Tables 2 and 3.
Diagnosis. This species differs from all other Atlantic species of the genus in having relatively large scales in longitudinal series (70–84 vs. 90–189), according to Paulin (1989, 1990), Trunov (1991), Anderson & Tweddle (2002), our examination of vouchers of this species, and of the new species herein described.
Brief Description. Light organ moderately large 7.5–13.2% InV-af and placed midway between interventral line and anus; distance from interventral line to anterior margin of light organ 17.6–25.6% InV-af; distance from posterior margin of light organ to anterior margin of anus 21.1–24.5% InV-af; teeth subequal. Continuous tube of lateral line not reaching origin of second dorsal fin. No scales on vertical fin membranes, gular region, tip of snout, and around nostrils. Nostrils contiguous, each one in a short tube without a skin flap. Gill rakers moderately long, slender, 2–4 + 8–11. Upper jaw reaching below posterior margin of pupil. Orbit 24–28% in head length. Dorsal-fin rays 9–12, 57–61; anal-fin rays 59–68; pectoral-fin rays 21–26; scales in longitudinal series 70–84, scales between base of first dorsal fin and lateral line 6–7; vertebrae 47–50.
Color of preserved specimens. Head and body pinkish tan to light yellowish brown; abdominal region bluish to purplish (often brown in long preserved specimens), with silvery tinge extending onto sides of body and head; axil of pectoral fin dark brown; margins of anal and dorsal fins dark brown to black; external border of lips and gular region dark brown; a dark brown blotch on sub-operculum; light organ dark brown to blackish. Maximum known size 133 mm SL.
Distribution. Temperate and tropical western Atlantic Ocean, from southern Canada (43 o 16´N and 60 o 58´W) and Cape Cod (USA), to Rio Grande do Norte, in the “hump” of Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas and the Caribbean Sea. Depth range 68-800 m, usually bellow 100 m. (Bean, 1884; Jordan and Evermann, 1898; Arai, 1983; Scott & Scott, 1988; Paulin, 1989; McEachran and Fechhelm, 1998; Klein-MacPhee, 2002; Iwamoto and Cohen, 2002; Oliveira et al., 2015; Moore et al., 2015.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Bean
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Moridae
- Genus
- Physiculus
- Species
- fulvus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Physiculus fulvus Bean, 1884 sec. Pires, Carvalho-Filho, Ferreira, Viana, Nunes & Hazin, 2019
References
- Bean, T. H. (1884) Descriptions of Physiculus fulvus and Lotella maxillaris, new species of fishes collected in 1881 by the United States Fish Commission. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 7 (429), 240 - 242.
- Paulin, C. D. (1989) Review of the morid genera Gadella, Physiculus, and Salilota (Teleostei: Gadiformes) with descriptions of seven new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 16, 39 - 113.
- Paulin, C. D. & Matallanas, J. (1990) A new species of Physiculus (Pisces: Moridae) from the eastern central Atlantic. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 17 (1), 137 - 139.
- Trunov, I. A. (1991) Fishes of the Family Moridae from the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean (Genera Mora Risso and Physiculus Kaup. Journal of Ichthyology, 31 (6), 110 - 116.
- Anderson, M. E. & Tweddle, D. (2002) A new species of Physiculus (Teleostei: Moridae) from the Southeastern Atlantic. Archive of Fishery and Marine Research, 50, 17 - 22.
- Jordan, D. S. & Evermann, B. W. (1898) The Fishes of North and Middle America. A descriptive catalogue of the Species of fishlike vertebrates found in the waters of North America, North of the Isthmus of Panama. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 47, Part III. United Sates National Museum, Washington, pp. 2547 - 2550.
- Arai, T. (1983) Moridae. In Uyeno, T., Matsuura K, & Fujii, E. (Eds.), Fishes Trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. JA- MARC, pp. 203 - 205.
- Scott, W. B. and Scott, M. G. (1988) Atlantic Fishes of Canada. University of Toronto Press, 731 pp.
- McEachran, J. D. & Fechhelm, J. D. (1998) Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1, Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press. 1112 pp.
- Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002) Moridae. In Collette, B. B. & Klein-MacPhee, G. (Eds.) Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Third Edition, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, pp. 216.
- Oliveira, J. E. L, Nobrega, M. F., Garcia Jr., J., Sampaio, C. L. S., Di Dario, F., Fischer, L. G. & Mincarone, M. M. (2015) Biodiversidade marinha da Bacia Potiguar / RN. Peixes do Talude Continental. Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Serie Livros 55, 218 pp.
- Moore, J. J. D., Polanco Fernandez, A. & Russell, B. (2015) Physiculus fulvus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2015 - 4. RLTS. T 190091 A 20341490. en