Coelorinchus occa (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 : 32

Coelorinchus occa (Goode & Bean 1885)

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Material examined. 10 specimens: MNRJ 26934 (1, 501.0 mm), T, D-503; MNRJ 26935 (1, 372.0 mm), T, D-503; MNRJ 26936 (1, 496.0 mm), T, D-506; MNRJ 26937 (1, 536.0 mm), T, D-506; MNRJ 26938 (1, 487.0 mm), T, D-506; MNRJ 26939 (1, 528.0 mm), T, D-506; MNRJ 27078 (1, 475.0 mm), T, E-503; MNRJ 27079 (1, 455.0 mm), T, E-524; MNRJ 27095 (2, 193.0–366.0 mm), T, E-499.

Distribution. First record of Coelorinchus occa in the WSA. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 714 to 1004 m. It was described from the Gulf of Mexico (28°34’ N, 86°48’ W), and was previously known from the Straits of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, southern part of Caribbean, and Surinam ( Marshall & Iwamoto 1973a; Cohen et al. 1990).

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.