Barathronus pacificus Nielsen & Eagle 1974

• Main Author: Nielsen, Jørgen G.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Ophidiiformes; Aphyonidae; Barathronus; Barathronus pacificus; Pacific; Charcot; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3797813; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3797813

Barathronus pacificus Nielsen & Eagle, 1974 Table 2. Figs.1–2, 21–23 Barathronus pacificus Nielsen & Eagle, 1974: 1067 (type locality: 44°41.1’N, 133°24.1’W). Barathronus pacificus: Okiyama & Kato 1997: 222; Nielsen et al. 1999: 139; Nielsen et al. 2019: 565. Barathronus unicolor Nielsen, 1984a: 579 (type locality: 38°28’N, 70°13’W). Barathronus unicolor: Nielsen et al. 1999: 139. Total material examined (46 specimens, SL 42–128 mm): Northwest Atlantic (20 specimens, SL 72-116 mm). Holotype of B. unicolor: MCZ 56936 (SL 113 mm, male), 38°28’N, 70°52’W, RV Chain, cr. 124, st. 505, 2931- 2967 m, bottom trawl, 5 July 1975. Paratypes of B. unicolor: MCZ 56935 (SL 101–108 mm, male and female), 38°20’N, 70°13’W, RV Chain, cr. 124, st. 501, 3287– 3314 m, bottom trawl, 4 July, 1975. MCZ 56937 (SL 75–98 mm, females) and ZMUC P77722 (SL 86 mm, male), 38°11’N, 69°50’W, RV Chain, cr. 124, st. 526, 3605– 3642 m, bottom trawl, 12 July 1975. MCZ 56938 (SL 83–98 mm, male and female) and ZMUC P77723 (SL 85 mm female), 37°54’N, 69°50’W, RV Chain, cr. 124, st. 527, 3824– 3934 m, bottom trawl, 12 July 1975. MCZ 56939 (SL 89–100 mm, 2 females), 38°20’N, 69°24’W, RV Chain, cr. 124, st. 528, 3477– 3514 m, bottom trawl, 13 July 1975. VIMS 05237 (SL 72–75 mm, 2 females) and ZMUC P77724 -5 (SL 78–107 mm, male and female), 38°4.2’N, 70°26.4’W, RV Advance II, EPA 7801, st. 9, 3750– 3850 m, 45’ otter trawl, 24 June 1978. VIMS 05236 (SL 104 mm, male), 38°0.2’N, 70°29.7’W, RV Advance II, EPA 7801, st. 14, 3864 m, 45’ otter trawl, 26 June 1978. Non-types: ARC 8704503 (SL 112–116 mm, male and female), 38°13’N, 69°54’W, RV Oceanus, cr. 183, st.111, 3708 m, 41’ otter trawl, 18 Mar. 1987. East Atlantic (17 specimens, SL 63–92 mm). SAMZ 22924 (SL 74 mm, female), SE of Cape Town, 34°37’S, 17°03’E, RV Africana II, st. A315, 2980 m, 8 Dec. 1959. MNHN 1976-0088 (SL 77 mm, male), SE Atlantic, 21°58.8’S, 9°19.7’E, RV Jean Charcot, Campagne Walda, st. 5, 4163 m, 9 June 1971. BMNH 2018.11.13.3 (SL 70 mm, female), NE Atlantic, 20°11.6’N, ...