Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson 1848

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, Zootaxa 2234, pp. 1-20 : 9

Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson 1848

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Material examined. Three specimens, 536.0–730.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26839 (1, 623.0 mm), T, E-523; MNRJ 26835 (1, 551.0 mm), T, E-551; MNRJ 27111 (1, 536.0 mm), T, D-502.

Distribution. Nemichthys scolopaceus was described from off Brazil based on material collected by H.M.S. Samarang (1843–1846), and is known to have a worldwide distribution in all tropical and temperate seas ( Nielsen & Smith 1978, Smith & Nielsen 1989).

Figures

FIGURE 3. (A) Nemichthys scolopaceus (MNRJ 26839, 623.0 mm); (B) Hoplunnis similis (USU 0 1327, 305.0 mm); (C) Nettastoma melanura (MNRJ 26820, 637.0 mm); (D) Venefica cf. procera (MNRJ 26799, 640.0 mm); (E) Venefica sp. 1 (MNRJ 26808, 992.0 mm); (F) Venefica sp. 2 (MNRJ 26809, 494.0 mm); (G) Serrivomer schmidti (MNRJ 26842, 423.0 mm); (H) Stemonidium hypomelas (MNRJ 26838, 267.0 mm); (I) Atractodenchelys phrix (MNRJ 26829, 300.0 mm); (J) Diastobranchus capensis (MNRJ 26783, 642.0 mm); (K) Dysommina rugosa (MNRJ 27126, 242.0 mm); (L) Histiobranchus cf. australis (USU 0 1303, 559.0 mm).