Distribution of Anotopterus pharao in the North Atlantic and Comparison of Specimens of A . pharao from the Western North Atlantic with Those from Other Areas

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Templeman, Wilfred
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1970
• Subjects: General Medicine; Antarctic; Newfoundland; Greenland; Pacific; Labrador Shelf; Antarc*; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f70-055; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f70-055

Two records of Anotopterus pharao Zugmayer from the Labrador Shelf, and three from the Grand Bank and vicinity, are the only records of captures from these areas and the only ones from the Newfoundland area apart from four Soviet records from Flemish Cap. One of the Grand Bank captures, October 1952, and a Labrador capture, September 1954, are the earliest records from the Newfoundland area.Meristic and morphometric data indicate that these Newfoundland area specimens and two other west Greenland and one southeast Greenland specimens of Anotopterus examined by me are referable to Anotopterus pharao Zugmayer, as are all known specimens from the eastern Atlantic, and are similarly specifically related to Pacific and antarctic specimens. However, a few differences will need to be resolved by studying a larger number and size range of specimens from all areas of distribution.