Macrourus caml Mcmillan, Iwamoto, Stewart & Smith, 2012, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Mcmillan, Peter, Iwamoto, Tomio, Stewart, Andrew, Smith, Peter J
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Gadiformes; Macrouridae; Macrourus; Macrourus caml; Ross Sea; Balleny Islands; Ross Dependency; Antarc*; Antarctica; IPY
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5628294; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5628294

Macrourus caml sp. nov. Caml grenadier Macrourus whitsoni (in part not Regan 1913): Trunov & Konstantinov, 1989: 54–65 (97 specimens, description, compared with M. carinatus, in Russian, English summary). Marriott et al., 2003: 39–41 (364 specimens, Ross Dependency). Diagnosis. Ventral surface of the head mostly scaled, except for scaleless areas anterior to the mouth and on the anterior half of the lower jaw. Pelvic fin with 8 rays, rarely 7 or 9. Lower jaw with 2–3 rows of small pointed uniform-sized teeth reducing to a single row posteriorly. Upper jaw with 4–5 rows of small, uniform-sized teeth. Body scales small, 30–40 in a diagonal row from anal fin origin to lateral line. Pyloric caeca 20–37. Specimens examined. Holotype. NMNZ P.043633 (123 mm HL, 589 + mm TL), Ross Sea slope, Antarctica, 72 º 21 ' S, 175 º 33 ' E, 945–952 m, RV Tangaroa, IPY/ CAML TAN 0802/ 121, bottom trawl, 21 Feb 2008. Paratypes (33). AMS I. 45750 -001 ex NMNZ P.037602 (102 mm HL, 456 mm TL), Ross Sea slope, 73 º 56 ' S, 176 º 53 ' W, 838–922 m, FV Janas, OBS 1302 / 126, bottom longline, 21 Feb 2000; BMNH 2011.8. 1.1 ex NMNZ P. 9372 (118 mm HL, 577 mm TL), Ross Sea slope, 73 º 15 ' S, 177 º 18 ' W, 940–1211 m, FV Janas, OBS 1181 /027, bottom longline, 19 Jan 1999; CAS 233433 ex NMNZ P.043997 (102 mm HL, 479 mm TL), Ross Sea slope, 73 º 15 ' S, 178 º 44 ' E, 760–770 m, RV Tangaroa, IPY/ CAML TAN 0802/ 106, bottom trawl, 19 Feb 2008; CSIRO H 7251 -01 ex NMNZ P.043592 (77 mm HL, 359 mm TL), Ross Sea slope, 73 º 15 ' S, 178 º 44 ' E, 760–770 m, RV Tangaroa, IPY/ CAML TAN 0802/ 106, bottom trawl, 19 Feb 2008; MNHN: 2011 -0280 ex NMNZ P. 040371 (62 mm HL, 279 mm TL), Balleny Islands, 66 º 33 ' S, 163 º 1 ' E, 550–574 m, RV Tangaroa, TAN 0402/ 249, bottom trawl, 0 5 Mar 2004; NMNZ P.036091 (168 mm HL, 767 mm TL), Ross Sea slope, 72 º 3 ' S, 173 º 35 ' E, 885–1038 m, FV Janas, OBS 1181 / 109, bottom longline, 17 Feb 1999; NMNZ P.036104 (119 mm HL, 580 mm TL), Ross Sea slope, 73 º 15 ' S, 177 º 18 ' W, 940–1211 m, FV Janas, OBS 1181 /027, ...