A Record of Bathypterois dubius Vaillant from the Western North Atlantic, and Review of Status of the Species
A specimen of Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 204 mm standard length, trawled by the A. T. Cameron at a depth of 750–805 m on the southwestern slope of the Grand Bank on May 2, 1959, is apparently the first record for the western North Atlantic. The specimen is illustrated and its characteristics desc...
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1966
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f66-061 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f66-061 |
| Summary: | A specimen of Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 204 mm standard length, trawled by the A. T. Cameron at a depth of 750–805 m on the southwestern slope of the Grand Bank on May 2, 1959, is apparently the first record for the western North Atlantic. The specimen is illustrated and its characteristics described and compared with those of other B. dubius from the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. |
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