Oneirodes carlsbergi ( Regan & Trewavas, 1932 )

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Kawai, Toshio & Amaoka, Kunio, 2016, Records of deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from Indonesia, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4121 (3), pp. 267-294 : 289

Oneirodes carlsbergi ( Regan & Trewavas, 1932)

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Dolopichthys carlsbergi Regan & Trewavas, 1932:76 , fig. 115 (Type locality: Gulf of Panama, ca. 600 m). Oneirodes carlsbergi ( Regan & Trewavas, 1932) : Pietsch, 1974:39. Pietsch, 2009:398.

Material. HUMZ 194130 (1, 132.1), st. 63, 4°43.4'S, 101°17.9'E – 4°44.5'S, 101°18.6'E, off Sumatra, 930–940 m, 9 Jun. 2005.

Description. Dorsal-fin rays 6; pectoral-fin rays 16; anal-fin rays 4 caudal-fin rays 9. Head length 41.1% SL; head depth 44.6; head width 28.6; illicium 27.9; width of esca 3.9; upper jaw 35.5; lower jaw 38.0. Upper jaw teeth 62; lower jaw teeth 67; vomerine teeth 5 (3, 2); epibranchial teeth 3 (right side examined only).

Body short, globular, profile rounded in lateral view. Mouth large, slightly oblique. Illicium relatively short, its pterygiophore very long. Sphenotic, quadrate and articular spines well developed.

Escal appendage pattern B of Pietsch (1974:34, fig. 60B): simple anterior appendage, length 11.7% SL, internally pigmented and black distally; broad compressed posterior appendage, length 3.9% SL, anterior portion thicker than posterior, black distally; two pairs of lateral appendages, both bifurcated and with several secondary branches; pair of short medial appendages, each with several secondary branches; terminal papilla flat, not elevated; trace of anterolateral appendages on one side of escal base (possibly damaged prior to catch). Lateral and medial appendages slightly pigmented. Body uniformly black.

Distribution. Previously known from Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The Indonesian specimen represents the first record in the eastern Indian Ocean.

Figures

FIGURE 18 Oneirodes carlsbergi (Regan & Trewavas, 1932), HUMZ 194130, 132.1 mm SL, preserved.