Fifth confirmed record and North Atlantic range expansion of the rare pelagic bobtail snipe eel genus Neocyema (Cyematidae, Elopomorpha)

A fifth confirmed Neocyema specimen, caught in the Denmark Strait off the coast of south-east Greenland, provides a North Atlantic range expansion for the genus and is compared to all four previous records. Due to taxonomic issues with both adults and larvae, the new specimen from waters near Greenl...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Marine Biodiversity Records
Main Author: Poulsen, Jan Yde
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
Subjects:
Aquatic Science
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Greenland
Denmark Strait
East Greenland
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s175526721500024x
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S175526721500024X
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Summary:A fifth confirmed Neocyema specimen, caught in the Denmark Strait off the coast of south-east Greenland, provides a North Atlantic range expansion for the genus and is compared to all four previous records. Due to taxonomic issues with both adults and larvae, the new specimen from waters near Greenland is tentatively referred to as Neocyema erythrosoma and represents the largest specimen ever recorded. Morphological and molecular data are included for future comparisons. Distributional and morphological differences exist between specimens, although the present rarity of these fishes precludes an evaluation of diversity within Neocyema .

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