Hymenocephalus nascens Gilbert & Hubbs 1920

• Main Authors: Mcmillan, Peter, Iwamoto, Tomio
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• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Gadiformes; Macrouridae; Hymenocephalus; Hymenocephalus nascens; Pacific; New Zealand; Tonga; North Cape; Bray; Stripe; Napier; Christchurch; Bay of Plenty; East Cape; Napier Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6137619; https://zenodo.org/record/6137619

Hymenocephalus nascens Gilbert & Hubbs 1920 Nascent membranehead (Figures 3, 8) Hymenocephalus nascens Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920: 535, Fig. 33 (Holotype: USNM 78229, vicinity of Sibuko Bay, Borneo, Albatross station 5587, depth 415 fathoms [759 m]). Hymenocephalus nascens : Iwamoto, 1990: 230 (listed). Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997: 523 –525, fig. 22 b (New Caledonian region). Iwamoto & Williams, 1999: 177 –178 (Western Australia). Iwamoto, 1999: 1991 (listed). Merrett & Iwamoto, 2000: 759, fig. 20 (Vanuatu, New Caledonia). Iwamoto & Graham 2001: 475 –476 (New South Wales). Bray et al. 2006: 596. Hymenocephalus sp. B: King et al. , 2009: 531. Diagnosis (New Zealand specimens only) . Pelvic rays 12–14 (elsewhere 11–13), total gill rakers first arch (outer/ inner) 17–22 / 23–28, second arch 22–28 / 22–26, chin barbel absent, orbit diameter 29–40 % HL, suborbital width 10–14 % HL, snout length 22–31 % HL, interorbital width 24–29 % HL. Most of orbit, upper surface of snout, sides of head and trunk silvery or pale, ventral aspects of head and trunk black. Prominent mid-lateral stripe of silvery (fresh) or brownish (preserved) pigment running along trunk and tail. Specimens examined (20: 15–33.4 mm HL, 66–182 mm TL, New Zealand only). NMNZ P. 0 18040 (25.2 mm HL, 122 + mm TL), North Island, RV James Cook , (data uncertain, might be JCO 8405 /032, Challenger Plateau), bottom trawl. NMNZ P.023552 (7: 28.3–33.3 mm HL, 103 +– 172 + mm TL), off 90 Mile Beach, 34 º 51.3 ' S, 172 º 3.1 ' E, 894 – 876 m, RV James Cook , JCO 8106 /057, bottom trawl, 24 Apr 1981. NMNZ P. 0 23553 (30 mm HL, 182 + mm TL), off Cape Runaway, Bay of Plenty, 37 º 27.1 ' S, 177 º 42.8 ' E, 815–843 m, RV James Cook , JCO 8106 / 0 18, bottom trawl, 17 Apr 1981. NMNZ P. 0 23554 (33.4 mm HL, 136 + mm TL), NE of North Cape, 34 º 11.7 ' S, 173 º 7.1 ' E, 903–975 m, RV James Cook , JCO 8106 /044, bottom trawl, 22 Apr 1981. NMNZ P. 0 34688 (4: 15–28.4 mm HL, 66 +– 150 + mm TL), off Napier Island, Kermadec Islands, 29 º 13 ' S, 177 º 52.4 ' W, 610 m, NZOI station K0829, trawl, 0 6 Jul 1974. NMNZ P. 0 34689 (26.4 mm HL, 126 + mm TL), Southern Lau Ridge, Tonga, 25 º 13.7 ' S, 179 º 4.1 ' W, 646 m, NZOI station P0947, 0 1 Jun 1980. NMNZ P. 0 34714 (3: 25.5–28 mm HL, 116 +– 132 + mm TL), east of Dayrell Island, Kermadec Islands, 29 º 14.8 ' S, 177 º 49.6 ' W, 590 m, NZOI station K0804, 0 2 Jul 1974. NMNZ P. 0 34717 (26.4 mm HL, 154 mm TL), off Bay of Islands, 34 º 43.5 ' S, 174 º 31.5 ' E, 743 m, RV NZOI station F0913, 0 1 Oct 1968. NMNZ P. 0 39620 (32.4 mm HL, 157 + mm TL), Southern Norfolk Ridge, New Zealand EEZ, 34 º 34.5 ' S, 168 º 57.2 ' E, 813–1000 m, RV Tangaroa , NORFANZ TAN0308/ 155, wing trawl, 0 4 Jun 2003. Description (Counts and proportional measurements are presented in Table 3). Gilbert and Hubbs (1920: 535) and Iwamoto & Merrett (1997: 524) provide detailed descriptions of this species. Colour. Head mostly pale but anterior margin of upper and lower jaws blackish. Brownish stripe of pigment above mid-lateral line from behind head, running along tail but fading posteriorly. Trunk and tail below mid-lateral line pale, peppered with small melanophores. Silvery-blackish ventral striae on isthmus and chest midway between pelvic fin bases and anal fin origin. All fins pale-dusky. Size . To about 33 mm HL and 182 mm TL. Distribution (Figure 10). In the New Zealand region known from Challenger Plateau, off 90 Mile Beach (west coast North Island), north of about East Cape on the east coast North Island, southern Norfolk Ridge, and off Kermadec Islands; 590–1000 m. Elsewhere widespread in tropical west Pacific from South China Sea off Hong Kong, Philippines and Indonesia, off northeast Australia to New Caledonia (Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997), and Southern Lau Ridge (Tonga region). Comparisons and remarks (Table 3). This species is widespread and its presence in northern New Zealand waters is not surprising. The combination of absence of a chin barbel, 12–14 pelvic fin rays and distinctive midlateral silvery stripe running along the trunk and tail distinguishes this species from others in the genus. Iwamoto and Merrett (1997: 524) summarised data for specimens taken from the New Caledonia region, and we have compared New Zealand and New Caledonia specimens in Table 3. : Published as part of Mcmillan, Peter & Iwamoto, Tomio, 2014, Descriptions of four species of grenadier fishes of the genera Hymenocephalus and Hymenogadus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the New Zealand region and Tasman Sea, including two new species of Hymenocephalus, pp. 117-134 in Zootaxa 3856 (1) on pages 127-129, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/230600 : {"references": ["Gilbert, C. H. & Hubbs, C. L. (1920) Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. 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