Achiropsetta heterolepis Evseenko, 1987

Voronina, Elena P. & Volkova, Galina A., 2019, Annotated catalogue of type specimens of flatfishes (Osteichthyes: Pleuronectiformes) in the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, Zootaxa 4695 (3), pp. 253-282 : 270

Achiropsetta heterolepis Evseenko, 1987 ( Fig. 20 )

Vopr. Ikht. 27 (5): 780, fig. 4.

Current status: junior synonym of Achiropsetta tricholepis Norman, 1930 (Heemstra in Gon & Heemstra, 1990: 409)

Holotype: ZIN 48664 male, 46 o 05′S, 50 o 36′E, 225–335 m, FV «Kara-Dag», station 164, bottom trawl, 28.08.1971, collector Yu.N.Shcherbachev.

Paratypes: ZIN 48193 (1) female, Falkland Islands, 52 o 45′S, 57 o 25′W, 760–765 m, general cargo vessel «Gizhiga», station 80, bottom trawl, 18.12.1984, collector A.V.Balushkin ; ZIN 48195 (1) female, 52 o 49′S, 57 o 21′W, 745–760 m, general cargo vessel «Gizhiga», station 81, bottom trawl, 18.12.1984, collector A.V.Balushkin.

Remark: ZIN 397-972 recorded as the catalogue number for holotype in the original description actually represents the number for the intake of all materials collected by Yu.N.Shcherbachev during two cruises of the «Kara- Dag» conducted in 1971-72. The correct catalog number of the holotype is ZIN 48664.

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FIGURE 20. Achiropsetta heterolepis. Holotype ZIN 48664, photo—(A) and radiograph (B); paratypes ZIN 48193 (C); ZIN 48195 (D).