Astronesthes gudrunae Parin & Borodulina 2002 ...

• Main Authors: Villarins, Bárbara T., Dario, Fabio Di, Eduardo, Leandro N., Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Prokofiev, Artem M., Mincarone, Michael M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Stomiiformes; Stomiidae; Astronesthes; Astronesthes gudrunae; Bertrand; Rocas; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12720234; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12720234

Astronesthes gudrunae Parin & Borodulina, 2002 (Fig. 8C) Diagnosis. Astronesthes gudrunae differs from congeners by the AC with 1–2 elevated photophores; IV forming an arch below the pectoral-fin base; the presence of an aggregation of luminous tissue above the pectoral-fin, larger than eye and longitudinally oriented; three luminous spots on upper jaw, the first largest and anterior to orbit; IC 51–53; OA 32–33; PV 2 and 3 at the same level; chin barbel without a terminal bulb (Parin, Borodulina, 2002; Sutton et al., 2020). Geographical distribution. Previous records of Astronesthes gudrunae are mostly restricted to the North Atlantic, south to 40º N, including the Caribbean Sea, with a single record in the eastern North Atlantic, at 22°1’N, 32°8’W (Parin, Borodulina, 2002, 2003; Judkins, Haedrich, 2018; Sutton et al., 2020). Astronesthes gudrunae is reported for the first time in the Brazilian EEZ based on one specimen collected off Rocas Atoll, at 610 m depth (Fig. 7B), which also represents the ... : Published as part of Villarins, Bárbara T., Dario, Fabio Di, Eduardo, Leandro N., Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Prokofiev, Artem M. & Mincarone, Michael M., 2022, Deep-sea dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) collected from off northeastern Brazil, with a review of the species reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone, pp. 1-78 in Neotropical Ichthyology (e 220004) (e 220004) 20 (2) on page 33, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004, http://zenodo.org/record/13350377 ...