Pseudoscopelus aphos Prokofiev & Kukuev 2005 ...

Pseudoscopelus aphos Prokofiev & Kukuev 2006 Figures 22 A–B, 23 A, 28 O; Table 8. Pseudoscopelus aphos Prokofiev and Kukuev 2006a: 572–727 [type locality: western North Atlantic, 34º N, 50º W, holotype ZMMU 16468, 145.0 mm]; 2008: 46–50, figures 12, 34, 67, 99–101 [species account]. Pseudoscopel...

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Main Author: Melo, Marcelo R. S.
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Published: Zenodo 2010
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459823
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Summary:Pseudoscopelus aphos Prokofiev & Kukuev 2006 Figures 22 A–B, 23 A, 28 O; Table 8. Pseudoscopelus aphos Prokofiev and Kukuev 2006a: 572–727 [type locality: western North Atlantic, 34º N, 50º W, holotype ZMMU 16468, 145.0 mm]; 2008: 46–50, figures 12, 34, 67, 99–101 [species account]. Pseudoscopelus stellatus Beebe 1932: 76–79 [in part, three specimens used in description; western North Atlantic]. Diagnosis. A species of the Pseudoscopelus aphos species group, which can be distinguished from P. parini by the complete absence photophores or clear lines on body (vs. clear lines in place of photophores in ventral part of body in Pseudoscopelus parini, and photophores present in all other species). Description. Medium-sized species of Pseudoscopelus, largest specimen examined 60.7 mm SL. Morphometric data summarized in Table 8. General body shape as described for genus with diagnostic characteristics of species and species group. First dorsal-fin rays vii (1), viii (2), ix (2); second dorsal-fin rays xxiii ... : Published as part of Melo, Marcelo R. S., 2019, A revision of the genus Pseudoscopelus Lütken (Chiasmodontidae: Acanthomorphata) with descriptions of three new species 2710, pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 2710 (1) on pages 49-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2710.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6031390 ...