Antimora rostrata ( Günther 1878 ), Gunther, 1878

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 : 40

Antimora rostrata ( Günther 1878)

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Material examined. 53 specimens: MNRJ 26900 (5, 270.0–335.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082704; MNRJ 26901 (4, 91.0–405.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021301; MNRJ 26902 (2, 126.0–257.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021403; MNRJ 26903 (1, 296.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082201; MNRJ 26904 (1, 267.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003020702; MNRJ 26905 (1, 249.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021101; MNRJ 26906 (1, 340.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003020802; MNRJ 26907 (1, 381.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021002; MNRJ 27080 (3, 291.0–313.0 mm), T, E-537; MNRJ 27081 (1, 404.0 mm), T, E-552; MNRJ 27082 (4, 352.0–365.0 mm), T, E- 535; MNRJ 27083 (1, 316.0 mm), T, E-512; MNRJ 27084 (1, 333.0 mm), T, E-549; MNRJ 27085 (2, 301.0– 316.0 mm), T, E-540; MNRJ 27086 (2, 263.0–312.0 mm), T, E-529; MNRJ 27087 (2, 281-326.0 mm), T, E- 501; MNRJ 27088 (3, 173.0–233.0 mm), T, E-547; MNRJ 27089 (2, 263.0–293.0 mm), T, E-523; MNRJ 27090 (1, 344.0 mm), T, E-536; MNRJ 27091 (9, 270.0–341.0 mm), T, E-526; MNRJ 27092 (1, 370.0 mm), T, E-544; MNRJ 27093 (1, 293.0 mm), T, E-551; MNRJ 30644 (1, 350.0 mm), T, E-527; MNRJ 30431 (3, 288.0–296.0 mm), T, E-527.

Distribution. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 875 to 1721 m. Antimora rostrata was described from off Argentina, and is known from all oceans, except north of 10° N in the Pacific (Cohen et al. 1990; Cohen 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.