Malacocephalus okamurai Iwamoto & Arai 1987

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 : 36-37

Malacocephalus okamurai Iwamoto & Arai 1987

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Material examined. Nine specimens: MNRJ 26918 (4, 224.0–260.0 mm), T, E-515; MNRJ 26919 (1, 245.0 mm), T, E-508; MNRJ 26988 (1, 300.0 mm), T, E-518; MNRJ 30477 (3, 345.0–389.0 mm), T, E-502.

Distribution. First record of Malacocephalus okamurai in the WSA. Collected from off Bahia, at depths from 379 to 627 m. It was described from off the mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil (2°04’ N, 47°00’ W); it is a rare species which is only known from the type locality ( Iwamoto & Arai 1987).

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.