First records of the rare eelpout Lycenchelys xanthoptera Anderson, 1991 (Teleostei, Zoarcidae) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Six eelpout species (Zoarcidae) are currently known from the Ross Sea and adjacent areas: Dieidolycus leptodermatus Anderson, 1988; Lycodichthys dearborni (DeWitt, 1962); Ophthalmolycus bothriocephalus (Pappenheim, 1912); Pachycara brachycephalum (Pappenheim, 1912); Seleniolycus pectoralis Møller &a...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: STRUTHERS, CARL D., MØLLER, PETER R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2009
Subjects:
Fish
Teleostei
Zoarcidae
DeWitt
Ross Sea
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2196.1.6
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Summary:Six eelpout species (Zoarcidae) are currently known from the Ross Sea and adjacent areas: Dieidolycus leptodermatus Anderson, 1988; Lycodichthys dearborni (DeWitt, 1962); Ophthalmolycus bothriocephalus (Pappenheim, 1912); Pachycara brachycephalum (Pappenheim, 1912); Seleniolycus pectoralis Møller & Stewart, 2006 and Seleniolycus robertsi Møller & Stewart, 2006 (Anderson, 1990, 2006; Møller & Stewart, 2006). Zoarcidae is thereby one of the most diverse non-Notothenoid fish families in the Ross Sea.

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