Ophthalmolycus andersoni Matallanas, 2009, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: Matallanas, Jesús
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Perciformes; Zoarcidae; Ophthalmolycus; Ophthalmolycus andersoni; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631394; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5631394

Ophthalmolycus andersoni sp. nov. (Figs. 1 –2; Table 1) Holotype. UAB:B03BSZ 25, 263 mm SL male, Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, cruise BENTART-03, R/V “Hespérides” stn 22A, 64º 50’ 37’’S, 62º 58’ 09’’W, collected with an Agassiz trawl at 286 m depth, 24 February 2003. Paratypes. UAB:B03BSZ 9, 255 mm SL male, same collection data as holotype; and UAB:B03BSZ 99, 212 mm SL female, same collection data as holotype. Diagnosis. A species of Ophthalmolycus as defined by Anderson (1992, 1994) with the following combination of characters: 6 branchiostegal rays; pectoral fin origin well below midbody, pectoral base extending ventrally to abdomen; lateral line double with ventral and medio-lateral branches; oral valve not reaching anterior edge of vomer; gill slit extending ventrally well below ventral end of pectoral fin base; vertebrae asymmetrical 22+70–74=92–96; dorsal fin origin associated with vertebrae 4 or 5 with no supraneurals; pectoral fin rays 16 or 17; postorbital pores two (positions one and four); 2 ... : Published as part of Matallanas, Jesús, 2009, Description of Ophthalmolycus andersoni sp. nov. (Pisces, Zoarcidae) from the Antarctic Ocean, pp. 55-62 in Zootaxa 2027 on pages 56-58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.186211 ...