Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant 1882

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 : 16

Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant 1882

Material examined. 16 specimens, 345.0–519.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26863 (1, 385.0 mm), T, E-536; MNRJ 26864 (1, 422.0 mm), T, E-527; MNRJ 26865 (2, 352.0–381.0 mm), T, E-540; MNRJ 26866 (2, 280.0–428.0 mm), T, E-544; MNRJ 26867 (1, 551.0 mm), T, E-548; MNRJ 26868 (4, 345.0–519.0 mm), T, E-519; MNRJ 26869 (1, 465.0 mm), T, E-526; MNRJ 26870 (1, 493.0 mm), T, E-550; MNRJ 27099 (3, 190.0–403.0 mm), T, E-520.

Distribution. Eurypharynx pelecanoides was described from off Morocco (29º52’ N, 11º44’ W) and is known from all tropical and temperate seas. It was recorded before in the WSA from material obtained by the R/V Walther Herwig (Bertelsen et al. 1989).