Trachonurus sulcatus (Goode & Bean 1885)

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 : 38

Trachonurus sulcatus (Goode & Bean 1885)

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Material examined. 36 specimens: MNRJ 26889 (1, 388.0 mm), T, D-506; MNRJ 26892 (1, 287.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082701; MNRJ 26893 (1, 296.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082402; MNRJ 26915 (3, 346.0–435.0 mm), T, D-504; MNRJ 26916 (1, 345.0 mm), T, D-506; MNRJ 27061 (1, 242.0 mm), T, E-506; MNRJ 27062 (1, 285.0 mm), T, E-497; MNRJ 27063 (1, 406.0 mm), T, E-550; MNRJ 27064 (3, 315.0–432.0 mm), T, E- 536; MNRJ 27065 (5, 395.0–470.0 mm), T, E-523; MNRJ 30401 (1, 360.0 mm), T, E-525; MNRJ 30413 (4, 335.0–435.0 mm), T, E-547; MNRJ 30423 (1, 395.0 mm), T, E-537; MNRJ 30424 (4, 358.0–481.0 mm), T, E- 524; MNRJ 30425 (4, 398.0–419.0 mm), T, E-540; MNRJ 30427 (4, 250.0–412.0 mm), T, E-527.

Distribution. First record of Trachonurus sulcatus in the WSA. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 875 to 1680 m. It was described from the Gulf of Mexico (28°38’ N, 87°02’ W), and is known from about 10° N to 40° N in both western and eastern Atlantic (Cohen et al. 1990).

Figures

FIGURE 4. (A) Squalogadus modificatus * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 200.0 mm); (B) Trachonurus sulcatus * (MNRJ 27063, 406.0 mm); (C) Ventrifossa macropogon (MNRJ 30429, 288.0 mm); (D) Ventrifossa mucocephalus (MNRJ 26874, 354.0 mm); (E) Merluccius hubbsi * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm); (F) Steindachneria argentea * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm); (G) Antimora rostrata * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm); (H) Gadella imberbis * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm); (I) Halargyreus johnsonii * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm); (J) Laemonema goodebeanorum * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 300.0 mm). The pictures of specimens indicated by an asterisk were taken on board of collecting vessel, prior to the specimen fixation.