Macrosmia phalacra Merrett, Sazonov & Shcherbachev 1983

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 : 35-36

Macrosmia phalacra Merrett, Sazonov & Shcherbachev 1983

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Material examined. 10 specimens: MNRJ 26890 (8, 173.0–77.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082704; MNRJ 26891 (1, 105.6 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021403; MNRJ 27042 (1, 135.0 mm), T, E-537.

Distribution. First record of Macrosmia phalacra in the WSA. Collected from off Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 1060 to 1567 m. It is rare species, known from the type locality in the Ninety East Ridge, Indian Ocean (17°04’ S, 88°09’ E), and few other specimens from the western North Atlantic ( Merrett 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.