Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1843)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2019-433-008 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/797AB128-FFAC-FFFB-E97D-FB7EFE565308 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1843) |
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Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1843) View in CoL
A first Escolar, Gempylidae ( Fig. 2P View Figure 2 ), was collected on 18 July 2017 by the fishing master Mr Anthony Sheehs on the Irish pelagic trawler Lövön from Cork and targeting tuna.
It was collected at 46.0331°N, – 4.8561°W, at 10-30 m depth, above the continental slope ( Bay of Biscay , France). It was landed at the Douarnenez fish market. The fresh specimen measured 1683 mm TL, 1516 mm FL, 1420 mm SL, and the head was 340 mm long. Its total weight was 41.98 kg, the liver 398 g, gonads 580 g, gall bladder 60 g, stomach (empty) 579 g, pyloric caeca 572 g, spleen 27 g. The specimen was preserved for taxidermy with the collection No. MNHN-IC 2019-0104 and a tissue sample was recorded under No. BPS-3860. Recorded by SG. A second individual was collected on 29 August 2017 by the fishing master Mr David Orseauneau on the longliner Mamouth from the île d’Yeu at 44.65°N, – 2.25°W with the next Oilfish and landed in the fish market of Les Sables-d’Olonne. The individual measured 162 cm TL. Recorded by PC. The present specimen is a new record for the Bay of Biscay where the species is uncommonly recorded with a single individual previously recorded ( Quéro et al., 1999) GoogleMaps .
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