Rare Northeast Atlantic aphyonid fishes (Ophidioidei)
Two aphyonids were caught in 1968 by the R.V. "Meteor" off Southwest Europe. One specimen, a male, belongs to Meteoria erythrops of which only a female and a juvenile were known. The other is referred to Nybelinella erikssoni hitherto found at two localities, north of Madagascar and in the...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Bornträger
1972
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| Online Access: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56780/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56780/1/Nielsen_J_1972_D.pdf |
| Summary: | Two aphyonids were caught in 1968 by the R.V. "Meteor" off Southwest Europe. One specimen, a male, belongs to Meteoria erythrops of which only a female and a juvenile were known. The other is referred to Nybelinella erikssoni hitherto found at two localities, north of Madagascar and in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Nybelinella nom. nov. is proposed as a substitute for the preoccupied Nybelinia. |
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