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Stemonidium hypomelas Gilbert 1905

Description

Stemonidium hypomelas Gilbert 1905

(Fig. 3 H)

Material examined. Eight specimens, 130.0–267.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26837 (2, 190.0–193.0 mm), T, E-519; MNRJ 26838 (1, 267.0 mm), T, E-527; MNRJ 26854 (1, 130.0 mm), T, E-538; MNRJ 26855 (1, 159.0 mm), T, E-506; MNRJ 26856 (1, 181.0 mm), T, E-505; MNRJ 26857 (1, 163.0 mm), T, E-536; MNRJ 26860 (1, 132.0 mm), T, E-550.

Distribution. Stemonidium hypomelas was described from Hawaii, and is known from the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans. In the Atlantic, it is known from 7º N to 23º S (Tighe 1989).

Notes

Published as part of Melo, Marcelo R. S., Nunan, Gustavo W. A., Braga, Adriana C. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2009, The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2234 on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190386

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References

  • Tighe, K. A. (1989) Family Serrivomeridae. In: Bohlke, E. B. (Ed.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Pt 9, 1. Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 1 (9), New Haven, pp. 613 - 627.