Neoconger

Marcia Salustiano de Castro & Ana Cristina Teixeira Bonecker, 2005, Leptocephali collected off the eastern coast of Brazil (12 ° – 23 ° S)., Zootaxa 935, pp. 1-28 : 8

The genus Neoconger differs from M. edwardsi in having only one lateral pigment spot on midlateral line and a small one on the dorsal surface of the intestinal loop (Smith, 1989d). In this work three Neoconger larvae were identified only during the winter cruise and as they were too small to count the myomeres were considered Neoconger sp. Although they lack the lateral melanophore they are probably Neoconger mucronatus Girard. According to Smith (1989d) this character may be absent in very small larvae (<7 mm). Neoconger sp. leptocephali were collected in the north region of Bahia State and nearby the Davis bank (Figure 10). Study Material: DZUFRJ 2824, 2825, 2827; three specimens; 5.8-7.9 mm SL.