Macrourus berglax Lacepede 1801 ...

• Main Authors: Mcmillan, Peter, Iwamoto, Tomio, Stewart, Andrew, Smith, Peter J
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Gadiformes; Macrouridae; Macrourus; Macrourus berglax; Finnmark; Greenland; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5628291; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5628291

Macrourus berglax Lacepède 1801 Macrourus berglax Lacepède, 1801: 169, 170, Pl. 10 (Fig. 1) (original description, no types known, Greenland, Iceland, North Atlantic). Iwamoto in Cohen et al., 1990: 234 –236 (description, key); Trunov & Konstantinov, 1990: 44 –54 (description, key, in Russian, English summary). Diagnosis. Ventral surface of head almost entirely scaleless except for short longitudinal series of small scales on preopercle and occasional isolated scales above angle of mouth and rarely on posterior end of lower jaw. Pelvic fin with 8 (rarely 9) rays. Lower jaw laterally with 2–4 irregular rows of small teeth, reduced to one row at posterior end, and increased to about 5 teeth wide at symphysis. Upper jaw teeth about 4–5 rows wide, the outer series slightly enlarged. Body scales large, 13–17 diagonal rows from anal fin origin to lateral line. Pyloric caeca 14–23. Specimens examined. Non-type specimens (18). BMNH 1890.11.1.4 (125 mm HL, 580+ mm TL), off Finnmark, Norway, received from Prof. ... : Published as part of Mcmillan, Peter, Iwamoto, Tomio, Stewart, Andrew & Smith, Peter J, 2012, A new species of grenadier, genus Macrourus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the southern hemisphere and a revision of the genus, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 3165 on pages 2-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279731 ...