Revision of the circumglobal deep-sea genus Leucicorus (Teleostei, Ophidiidae) with two new species
Schwarzhans, Werner W.
Nielsen, Jørgen G.
Mundy, Bruce C.
Zootaxa
2022
2022-02-22
5100
4
541
558
5DRP
1843793
: Nielsen
1974
[366,501,151,177]
Actinopterygii
Ophidiidae
Leucicorus
Animalia
Ophidiiformes
2
543
Chordata
genus
1a Extensive squamation on opercle, preopercle and occiput; transversal scale rows ≥25; inner face of otolith more strongly convex than outer face.................................................................................... 2 1b Reduced squamation on opercle, preopercle and occiput; transversal scale rows ≤21 (not considering ROV live photographs); inner face of otolith nearly flat, outer face distinctly convex................................................... 3 2a Dorsal fin rays 110–114; anal fin rays 96–99; vertebrae 68–69; transversal scale rows 35–40.................. lusciosus 2b Dorsal fin rays 97; anal fin rays 73–80; vertebrae 62; transversal scale rows 25...................... gerringerae n. sp. 3a Dorsal fin rays 88–94; anal fin rays 68–80; no eye lens or lens smaller than 10% of black eye; OL:OH = 1.2–1.55.................................................................................................... atlanticus 3b Dorsal fin rays 105; anal fin rays 87; lens at least 50 % of black eye; OL:OH = 1.73..................... lentibus n. sp.