Bothrocara mollis Bean, 1890: 39
Bothrocara molle
Bothrocaropsis alalonga Garman, 1899: 127
Bothrocara remigera Gilbert, 1915: 366
Lamprogrammus
Studies on the Zoarcidae of the southern hemisphere. X. New records from western Antarctica.
M. Eric Anderson
Zootaxa
2006
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Insecta
Acrididae
Bothrocara
Animalia
Orthoptera
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Arthropoda
species
molle
Bothrocara mollis Bean, 1890: 39(type locality: off the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada); Clemens & Wilby, 1949: 194, fig. 131. Bothrocara molle: Clemens & Wilby, 1961: 390, fig. 271; Hart, 1973: 236, text fig.; Masuda et al., 1984: 309, pl. 275G; Mecklenburg et al., 2002: 732, text fig. Bothrocaropsis alalonga Garman, 1899: 127, pl. 32, fig. 2. Bothrocara remigera Gilbert, 1915: 366(partim), pl. 20, fig. 19. Lamprogrammussp.: Trunov, 1999: 492, fig. 1.
Material examined: Scotia Sea off South Georgia: USNM356643(4 specimens; 115-165 mm SL) and SAIAB(RUSI) 60090(3; 129-202 mm SL), 53°31.2'S, 37°50.9'W, ISLAS ORCADAS coll. UMO 7, 10 ft. beam trawl, 1286-1293 m, 11 May 1975, H. H. DeWitt. USNM356646(1; 215 mm SL), 53°26.7'S, 36°32.8'W, ISLAS ORCADAS coll. UMO 28, 10 ft. beam trawl, 2039-2187 m, 17 May 1975, H. H. DeWitt.
Diagnosis. Bothrocara molleis distinguished from its congeners by it long, slender gill rakers (raker ratio as percent: 163-267) and long pectoral fin, reaching almost to anus in young or just beyond it in adults.
Description. Vertebrae 18-20 + 85-91 = 104-110; D 99-105; A 84-89; P 14-15; C 10; pelvics absent; branchiostegal rays 6; gill rakers 5-6 + 16-20 = 21-26; vomerine teeth 0-3; palatine teeth absent in all; pseudobranch filaments 7-10; pyloric caeca 2; gill raker ratio (as percent) 222-267; preoperculomandibular pores 8; suborbital pores 6 + 3; postorbital pores 4; supraorbital (nasal) pores 2; interorbital pore 1; occipital pores absent. Lateral line double, with dorsal branch arching across body to just posterior to anus and mediolateral branch running from just anterior to anus to tail tip.
Remarks. The above synonymy, although incomplete, reflects my unpublished work on the genus Bothrocara, revisionary studies of which are in preparation. This species is close to B. brunneumwith which it has long been confused. Bothrocara molleis known in the literature from Japan ( Masuda et al., 1984) to Chile (as Bothrocara alalonga; Kong and Melendez, 1991), thus the new specimens represent a considerable range extension. Additionally, Trunov (1999)reported three specimens from Meteor Seamount in the South Atlantic questionably identified as an ophidioid, Lamprogrammussp., which are probably B. molle.
4418908302
Canada
off the Queen Charlotte Islands
1
British Columbia
923891437
1975-05-11
10 ft. beam trawl
USNM, SAIAB
H. H. DeWitt
South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands
-53.52
Scotia Sea off South Georgia, ISLAS ORCADAS coll. UMO 7, 1286-1293 m depth
-37.848335
1
USNM 356643, SAIAB (RUSI) 60090
South Georgia
923891438
1975-05-17
10 ft. beam trawl
USNM
H. H. DeWitt
South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands
-53.445
Scotia Sea off South Georgia, ISLAS ORCADAS coll. UMO 28, 2039-2187 m depth
-36.546665
1
USNM 356646
South Georgia