Gadomus arcuatus (Goode & Bean 1886)

Melo, Marcelo R. S., Braga, Adriana C., Nunan, Gustavo W. A. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2010, On new collections of deep-sea Gadiformes (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S, Zootaxa 2433, pp. 25-46 : 31

Gadomus arcuatus (Goode & Bean 1886)

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Material examined. One specimen: MNRJ 27067 (1, 541.0 mm), T, E-522.

Distribution. First record of Gadomus arcuatus in the WSA. Collected from off Bahia, at depths from 1044 to 1275 m. It was described from off Martinique and was previously known in the western North Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Surinam and French Guyana; and in the eastern North Atlantic, from Morocco and the Canary Islands (Cohen et al. 1990; Geistdoerfer 1990; Howes & Crimen 1990).

Figures

FIGURE 2. (A) Bregmaceros sp. (MNRJ 27001, 56.0 mm); (B) Urophycis brasiliensis (MNRJ 27035, 370.0 mm); (C) Urophycis mystacea (MNRJ 26978, 214.0 mm); (D) Gadomus arcuatus * (MNRJ 27067, 541.0 mm); (E) Gadomus capensis * (MNRJ 26921, 405.0 mm); (F) Coelorinchus caribbaeus (MNRJ 26878 (, 210.0 mm); (G) Coelorinchus aff. carminatus (MNRJ 26985, 200.0 mm); (H) Coelorinchus marinii (MNRJ 26925, 266.0 mm); (I) Coelorinchus occa (MNRJ 27095, 360.0 mm); (J) Cetonurus globiceps * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 200.0 mm); (K) Coryphaenoides cf. leptolepis (MNRJ 26899, 302.0 mm); (L) Coryphaenoides rudis (MNRJ 27070, 415.0 mm). Asterisk indicates pictures taken on board of the collecting vessel, prior to the specimen fixation.