Melanostomias bartonbeani Parr, 1927
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https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2020-444-001 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D8676925-FFAB-FFAA-D4A0-FF94FEF8FB28 |
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Felipe |
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Melanostomias bartonbeani Parr, 1927 |
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Melanostomias bartonbeani Parr, 1927 View in CoL
A Scaleless black dragonfish, Stomiidae ( Fig. 3F View Figure 3 ), was collected on 24 Oct. 2018 during the EVHOE survey, using a pelagic trawl. It was collected at Station W 0551 ( Southern Bay of Biscay , France), at 44.8051 / 44.7907 °N, –2.7707 / –2.8463 °W, at roughly 2000 m depth above a 1040/ 3090 m deep continental slope. The fresh specimen measured 287 mm TL, 272 mm FL, 268 mm SL, 37 mm HL and weighed 62 g. D: 13; A: 17; V: 7; P: 5; OV: 23. Distal snout pale. Proximal half of the expanded end of the barbel with a wide opaque axis and a white distal half tapering to a small black point. This specimen was preserved with the collection No. MNHN-IC 2020-0087 and a tissue sample was preserved under No. BPS-4229. Recorded by J. Spitz and S.P. Iglésias. The species is uncommonly recorded in the Bay of Biscay GoogleMaps .
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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium |
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