Pseudophichthys splendens (Lea, 1913)

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 : 8

Pseudophichthys splendens (Lea, 1913)

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Material examined. One specimen, 277.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26828 (1, 277.0 mm), T, E-498.

Distribution. Pseudophichthys splendens was described from the eastern North Atlantic, and is widespread in the tropical Atlantic. In the eastern Atlantic, it is known from the Azores to the Gulf of Guinea ( Smith 1990); in the western Atlantic it is known from the east coast of Florida, USA, throughout the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Guyana to about 30º S off the Atlantic coast of South America ( Uyeno et al. 1983; Smith 1989b; Smith 2002).

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FIGURE 2. (A) Coloconger meadi (MNRJ 26833, 382.0 mm); (B) Acromycter perturbator (MNRJ 27114, 280.0 mm); (C) Ariosoma sp. (USU 0 0 998, 254.0 mm); (D) Bathycongrus dubius (MNHN 1989 - 352, 278.0 mm); (E) Bathycongrus vicinalis (MNRJ 26831, 323.0 mm); (F) Bathyuroconger vicinus (MNRJ 26812, 752.0 mm); (G) Gnathophis sp. (MNHN 1989 - 351, 277.0 mm); (H) Pseudophichthys splendens (MNRJ 26828, 277.0 mm); (I) Xenomystax congroides (MNRJ 26815, 768.0 mm); (J) Avocettina acuticeps (MNRJ 27111, 536.0 mm).