Coelorinchus caribbaeus (Goode & Bean 1885)

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 : 31-32

Coelorinchus caribbaeus (Goode & Bean 1885)

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Material examined. 41 specimens: MNRJ 26878 (8, 190.0–210.0 mm), T, E-516; MNRJ 26898 (1, 252.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082002; MNRJ 26993 (3, 81.0–127.0 mm), T, E-533; MNRJ 26994 (6, 92.0–119.0 mm), T, E-511; MNRJ 26995 (1, 196.0 mm), T, E-515; MNRJ 26996 (2, 179.0–180.0 mm), T, E-549; MNRJ 26997 (3, 215.0–229.0 mm), T, E-521; MNRJ 26998 (5, 181.0–242.0 mm), T, E-500; MNRJ 26999 (3, 185.0– 244.0 mm), T, E-508; MNRJ 27000 (5, 213.0–234.0 mm), T, E-511; MNRJ 27029 (1, 166.0 mm), T, E-549; UF 165825 (1, 221.0 mm), T, E-511; USNM (2, 185.0–195.0 mm), T, E-516.

Distribution. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 100 to 1721 m. Coelorinchus caribbaeus was described from the Gulf of Mexico (29°07’30” N, 88°08’00” W), and is known from the Gulf of Mexico, off the mouth of the Amazon River and southern Brazil ( Marshall & Iwamoto 1973a; Cohen et al. 1990; Séret & Andreata 1992; Menezes & Figueiredo 2003a).

Figures

FIGURE 2. (A) Bregmaceros sp. (MNRJ 27001, 56.0 mm); (B) Urophycis brasiliensis (MNRJ 27035, 370.0 mm); (C) Urophycis mystacea (MNRJ 26978, 214.0 mm); (D) Gadomus arcuatus * (MNRJ 27067, 541.0 mm); (E) Gadomus capensis * (MNRJ 26921, 405.0 mm); (F) Coelorinchus caribbaeus (MNRJ 26878 (, 210.0 mm); (G) Coelorinchus aff. carminatus (MNRJ 26985, 200.0 mm); (H) Coelorinchus marinii (MNRJ 26925, 266.0 mm); (I) Coelorinchus occa (MNRJ 27095, 360.0 mm); (J) Cetonurus globiceps * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 200.0 mm); (K) Coryphaenoides cf. leptolepis (MNRJ 26899, 302.0 mm); (L) Coryphaenoides rudis (MNRJ 27070, 415.0 mm). Asterisk indicates pictures taken on board of the collecting vessel, prior to the specimen fixation.