Pseudophichthys splendens Lea 1913

Pseudophichthys splendens (Lea, 1913) (Fig. 2 H) Material examined. One specimen, 277.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26828 (1, 277.0 mm), T, E- 498. Distribution. Pseudophichthys splendens was described from the eastern North Atlantic, and is widespread in the tropical Atlantic. In the eastern Atlantic, it is known...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Melo, Marcelo R. S., Nunan, Gustavo W. A., Braga, Adriana C., Costa, Paulo A. S.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Pseudophichthys
Pseudophichthys splendens
Gustavo
Adriana
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5683985
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5683985
Description
Summary:Pseudophichthys splendens (Lea, 1913) (Fig. 2 H) Material examined. One specimen, 277.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26828 (1, 277.0 mm), T, E- 498. Distribution. Pseudophichthys splendens was described from the eastern North Atlantic, and is widespread in the tropical Atlantic. In the eastern Atlantic, it is known from the Azores to the Gulf of Guinea (Smith 1990); in the western Atlantic it is known from the east coast of Florida, USA, throughout the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Guyana to about 30 ยบ S off the Atlantic coast of South America (Uyeno et al. 1983; Smith 1989 b; Smith 2002). Published as part of Melo, Marcelo R. S., Nunan, Gustavo W. A., Braga, Adriana C. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2009, The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2234 on page 8, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.190386

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