Sphagemacrurus grenadae (Parr 1946)

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 : 37

Sphagemacrurus grenadae (Parr 1946)

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Material examined. 31 specimens: MNRJ 26879 (25, 99.0–220.0 mm), T, D-506; MNRJ 26910 (1, 62.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021101; MNRJ 26947 (2, 230.0–253.0 mm), T, E-527; MNRJ 27049 (1, 113.0 mm), T, E-520; MNRJ 27051 (1, 188.0 mm), T, E-512; MNRJ 27052 (1, 138.0 mm), T, E-526.

Distribution. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 1036 to 2271 m. Sphagemacrurus grenadae was described from off Grenada, and is known from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean to southern Brazil ( Marshall 1973c; Serét & Andreata 1992).

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.