Macrouroides inflaticeps Smith & Radcliffe 1912

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 : 36

Macrouroides inflaticeps Smith & Radcliffe 1912

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Material examined. 10 specimens: MNRJ 27036 (1, 171.0 mm), T, E-549; MNRJ 27037 (1, 190.0 mm), T, E-525; MNRJ 27038 (1, 277.0 mm), T, E-527; MNRJ 27039 (1, 257.0 mm), T, E-526; MNRJ 27040 (1, 273.0 mm), T, E-552; MNRJ 27041 (5, 180.0–200.0 mm), T, E-523.

Distribution. First record of Macrouroides inflaticeps in the WSA. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 875 to 1721.m. It was described from off the Luzon Island, Philippines (13°23’15” N, 124°00’30” E). It is known from several localities in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans ( Adam et al. 1998; Pequeño 1989; Uyeno et al. 1983)

Figures

FIGURE 3. (A) Coryphaenoides thelestomus * (MNRJ 27044, 441.0 mm); (B) Haplomacrourus nudirostris (MNRJ 26880, 319.0 mm); (C) Hymenocephalus cf. aterrimus (MNRJ 27013, 92.1 mm); (D) Hymenocephalus billsam (MNRJ 26940 98.8 mm); (E) Macrosmia phalacra (MNRJ 26891, 105.6 mm); (F) Macrouroides inflaticeps * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 200.0 mm); (G) Malacocephalus laevis (MNRJ 30474, 390.0 mm); (H) Malacocephalus occidentalis (MNRJ 30476, 305.0 mm); (I) Malacocephalus okamurai (MNRJ 26988, 300.0 mm); (J) Nezumia atlantica (MNRJ 26922, 326.0 mm); (K) Nezumia suilla (MNRJ 26887, 235.0 mm); (L) Sphagemacrurus grenadae (MNRJ 26879, 208.0 mm). Asterisk indicates pictures taken on board of the collecting vessel, prior to the specimen fixation.