Merluccius hubbsi Marini 1933

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

Merluccius hubbsi Marini 1933

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Material examined. 23 specimens: MNRJ 26930 (1, 252.0 mm), T, E-546; MNRJ 26979 (4, 261.0–300.0 mm), T, D-464; MNRJ 30645 (1, 374.0 mm), T, E-534; MNRJ 30484 (6, 79.0–205.0 mm), T, E-539; MNRJ 30485 (1, 244.0 mm), T, E-545; MNRJ 30486 (6, 231.0–251.0 mm), T, E-546; MNRJ 30487 (2, 205.0–325.0 mm), T, E-541; MNRJ 30488 (2, 273.0–279.0 mm), T, E-532.

Distribution. Collected from off Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 192 to 632 m. Merluccius hubbsi was described from off Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is known from 21°30’ S to 49° S, southern Brazil to Argentina ( Cousseau 1993; Lloris et al. 2003; Menezes 2003c).

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.