Macrosmia phalacra Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev 1983 ...

• Main Authors: Iwamoto, Tomio, Nakayama, Naohide, Shao, Kwang-Tsao, Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Gadiformes; Macrouridae; Macrosmia; Macrosmia phalacra; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12715570; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12715570

Macrosmia phalacra Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev, 1983 Figures 15A–B. Macrosmia phalacra Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev, 1983:554, figs. 1–2 (holotype, ZMMU P.15390, 31.5 mm HL, 217 mm TL; Ninety East Ridge, se. Indian Ocean, 17°04.8ʹS, 88°09.0ʹE, 1650–1660 m; paratype, BMNH 1980.12.31.2, 28.5 HL, 177+ TL; Canary Passage, e. North Atlantic).— Merrett and Iwamoto, 2000:767–768, fig. 25 (1 spec., 207+ TL; Vanuatu, 1160–1220 m).— Shao et al., 2008: table 2 (8 spec., Taiwan [SCS], 1098–1293 m; first record from Taiwan).— Melo et al., 2010:35 (off Brazil). MATERIAL EXAMINED (9 spec.).— SCS: ASIZP 66730 (1, 152+ TL) and ASIZP 66919 (3, 120+-145+ TL) and CAS 224493 (ex ASIZP 66919)(2, 120+-178 TL), CD 322, 1098 m; ASIZP 66775 (1, 150+ TL), CD 324, 1293 m. Other material. ASIZP 68275 (1, 128 TL), Aurora, 1262–1360 m. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.— 1D II,9; P i20–i21; V 11–12; total GR-I ( outer/inner) 8/10, GR-II 11/10; scales below mid-1D 4, below 2D 6, lateral line scales over distance equal to pre-1D length ... : Published as part of Iwamoto, Tomio, Nakayama, Naohide, Shao, Kwang-Tsao & Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2015, Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan, pp. 31-126 in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (3) on pages 85-86, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11512126 ...