Paralepis speciosa Bellotti, 1878

Goren, Menachem & Galil, Bella S., 2015, A checklist of the deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Zootaxa 3994 (4), pp. 507-530 : 517-518

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scientific name	Paralepis speciosa Bellotti, 1878
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Paralepis speciosa Bellotti, 1878 View in CoL

Paralepis speciosus Bellotti, 1878: 54 View in CoL , 57. Type locality: Nice, Mediterranean coast of France. Paralepis speciosa, Galil & Goren, 1994: 50 View in CoL ; Goren & Galil, 1997: 201, 2002: 151.

Material examined. 1 spec, TAU P- 10352, Israel, Off Hadera, 1485 m, coll. Galil, 14 June 1989. Distribution. A Mediterranean Endemic; depth range "? – 660 m ". In the Levant, the maximum known depth is 1485 m, a depth record for this species.

References

Galil, B. S. & Goren, M. (1994) The deep sea Levantine Fauna. New records and rare occurrences. Senckenbergiana Maritima, 25, 41 - 52.

Goren, M. & Galil, B. S. (1997) New records of deep-sea fishes from the Levant Basin and a note on the deep-sea fishes of the Mediterranean. Israel Journal of Zoology, 43, 197 - 203.