Lycenchelys argentina Marschoff, Torno and Tomo 1977 ...

• Main Author: M. Eric Anderson
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Perciformes; Zoarcidae; Lycenchelys; Lycenchelys argentina; Argentina; South Orkney Islands; Orcadas; DeWitt; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6258157; https://zenodo.org/record/6258157

Lycenchelys argentina Marschoff, Torno and Tomo, 1977 (Fig. 1) Lycenchelys argentinus Marschoff, Torno and Tomo, 1977: 3, text fig. (type locality: off South Orkney Islands. Lycenchelys argentina: Anderson, 1988: 92; Anderson, 1990b: 260, fig. 4. Material examined. USNM 356657 (2 specimens; 90-106 mm SL), W. of South Orkney Isls., 60°45.5'S, 48°13.5'W, 2511-2542 m, ISLAS ORCADAS coll. UMO 116, 10 ft beam trawl, 18 Feb. 1976, H. H. DeWitt. Diagnosis. Lycenchelys argentina is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: Vertebrae ca. 90 (holotype) to 95; dorsal-fin origin associated with vertebrae 8-9; caudal-fin length 25.7-30.2% SL; suborbital pores 6 + 0; gill rakers 3 + 12-15 = 15-18; P 17-18; minute papillae covering dorsal region of head and lips in adults. Description. Vertebrae 20-21 + 71-74 = 91-95; D 84-87; A 74-77; P 17-18; C 9-10; pelvics 3; branchiostegal rays 6; gill rakers 3 + 12; vomerine teeth 3-4; palatine teeth 5-8; pseudobranch filaments 3-4; pyloric caeca 2. ... : Published as part of M. Eric Anderson, 2006, Studies on the Zoarcidae of the southern hemisphere. X. New records from western Antarctica., pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1110 on pages 7-8 ...