Oreosomatidae

• Main Authors: Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio, Serrano, Alberto
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Zeiformes; Oreosomatidae; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618937; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC642D143A52FFD734F2FC92DC1C2A3F

Family Oreosomatidae Neocyttus helgae (Holt & Byrne, 1908) —False boarfish (Fig. 21) One specimen was caught at depths between 1,410 and 1,427 m. Biometry and meristic: 119 mm TL; 100 mm SL; HL: 35.0; PO: 9.0; POL: 7.0; ED: 19.0; IOW: 12.0; PD: 45.0; LD: 50.0; PA: 48.0; LA: 37.0; PP: 40.0; PV: 39.0; LP: 15.0; LV: 15.0; H: 51.0; D: VII+33; A: IV+31; P: 19; V: I+6; Gr: 5+18; SLL: 80. Habitat and Distribution: bathypelagic species along the outer continental shelf insular slope and seamounts, strongly associated with habitats of high currents, ripple marks, slopes, reefs of rocks and gorgonians, at depths from 850 to 1,700 m. Northeastern Atlantic, from Iceland to Madeira and northwestern Atlantic. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HV (FishBase). Published as part of Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), pp. 293-333 in Zootaxa 4067 (3) on page 320, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/256670