Diastobranchus capensis Barnard 1823

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 : 12

Diastobranchus capensis Barnard 1823

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Material examined. 13 specimens, 642.0–1188.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26767 (3, 680.0–754.0 mm, 1 cs), T, E- 540; MNRJ 26773 (1, 1141.0 mm), T, E-526; MNRJ 26775 (1, 1048.0 mm), T, E-526; MNRJ 26783 (3, 642.0–799.0 mm), T, E-496; MNRJ 26784 (1, 852.0 mm), T, E-537; MNRJ 26785 (1, 1049.0 mm), T, E-525; MNRJ 26786 (1, 724.0 mm), T, E-527; MNRJ 26787 (1, 1045.0 mm), T, E-527; MNRJ 26788 (1, 1188.0 mm), T, E-527.

Distribution. Diastobranchus capensis was described from South Africa. It is known from temperate waters of the eastern South Pacific, Indian Ocean, and WSA ( Castle 1986b; Parin et al. 1995; Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997; Brickle & Laptikhovsy 2002). Recently, several specimens were collected in the western North Atlantic off New England, USA (about 40º N), thus extending the known distribution of the species to the northern hemisphere ( Moore et al. 2003).

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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).