Bellottia cryptica Nielsen, Ross & Cohen, 2009, new species ...

• Main Authors: Nielsen, Jørgen G., Ross, Steve W., Cohen, Daniel M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Ophidiiformes; Bythitidae; Bellottia; Bellottia cryptica; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618612; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5618612

Bellottia cryptica, new species (Figs. 4–7) Bellottia apoda: Ross & Quattrini (2007: 985, 996) Bellottia n. sp.: Ross & Quattrini (2008: 80) Material examined (1 specimen, SL 42 mm): Holotype: NCSM 44451, SL 42, female, off southern Georgia, 30°48.74’N, 79° 37.96’W, st. JSL-04- 4485, 629 m, coll. S.W. Ross, 11 June 2004. Condition of material. The holotype and only specimen was eviscerated for ecological studies, but is otherwise in good condition. Organs removed are archived with the specimen. Diagnosis. Bellottia cryptica differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: body slender (17.0 % SL at origin of anal fin), teeth small and pointed, caudal fin rays 7, origin of anal fin below dorsal fin ray 8, anterior gill arch with 5 long rakers, predorsal length 46.5 % SL, precaudal vertebrae 10, cleithrum with distinct spine just above base of pectoral fin, no spine on preopercular crest. Similarity. Bellottia cryptica is most similar to B. robusta, in e. g. presence of spine on ... : Published as part of Nielsen, Jørgen G., Ross, Steve W. & Cohen, Daniel M., 2009, Atlantic occurrence of the genus Bellottia (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with two new species from the Western North Atlantic, pp. 45-57 in Zootaxa 2018 on pages 51-53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.186025 ...