Nettenchelys dionisi Brito 1989 ...
Nettenchelys dionisi Brito, 1989 Fig. 1 b ? Nettenchelys sp. B Smith & Castle 1982:18 (eastern Atlantic). Larva. Nettenchelys dionisi Brito 1989:877, figs. 2–4 (Canary Islands, eastern Atlantic, depth 350–400 m). Holotype. TFMC ZM-3 (female, 620 mm). Material. Two specimens known, both gravid fe...
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| Summary: | Nettenchelys dionisi Brito, 1989 Fig. 1 b ? Nettenchelys sp. B Smith & Castle 1982:18 (eastern Atlantic). Larva. Nettenchelys dionisi Brito 1989:877, figs. 2–4 (Canary Islands, eastern Atlantic, depth 350–400 m). Holotype. TFMC ZM-3 (female, 620 mm). Material. Two specimens known, both gravid females. Holotype: TFMC ZM-3 (620 mm). Paratype: CCML 01/ 248 (446 mm). Diagnosis. Anterior vomerine teeth uniserial but not enlarged; posterior nostril midway between eye and supratemporal canal. See Table 1 for additional characters. Distribution. Known from the Canary Islands in the eastern North Atlantic. Remarks. Smith & Castle (1982: 18) described a larva, Nettenchelys sp. B, based on two specimens collected in the eastern North Atlantic, one near the Azores and one near the Canary Islands (Smith & Castle 1982: fig. 12). These larvae may belong to Nettenchelys dionisi, a species that was unknown in 1982. Both the holotype and paratype of N. dionisi appear to be incomplete; the vertebral counts of 165 ... : Published as part of Smith, David G., Lin, James, Chen, Hong-Ming & Pogonoski, John J., 2015, The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae), pp. 105-120 in Zootaxa 4060 (1) on page 109, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.13, http://zenodo.org/record/238161 ... |
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