Sciadonus pedicellaris Garman 1899

• Main Authors: Nielsen, Jørgen G., Pogonoski, John J., Appleyard, Sharon A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Ophidiiformes; Aphyonidae; Sciadonus; Sciadonus pedicellaris; New Zealand; Pacific; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5924657; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5924657

Sciadonus pedicellaris Garman, 1899 Table 1, Figs. 1, 14 Sciadonus pedicellaris Garman, 1899: 172 (type locality Gulf of Panama). Sciadonus kullenbergi Nybelin, 1957: 310 (type locality off the Azores). Leucochlamys galatheae Nielsen, 1969: 75 (type locality Kermadec Trench, SW Pacific). Sciadonus galatheae Nielsen & Møller, 2015: 736 (key), 738, fig. 99.2 Sciadonus pedicellaris: Nielsen 2018: 183. Material examined. (5 specimens, 66–116 mm SL) CSIRO H 8091-02 (GenBank Accession MH 491985), female, 88 mm SL, GAB, SA, 35°48.89’S, 132°01.27’E, RV Investigator, st. IN2017_C01/175, beam trawl, 3930–4250 m, 15 Apr. 2017. CSIRO H 8092-02 (GenBank Accession MH 491984), female, 79 mm SL, GAB, SA, 35°42.95’S, 131°39.38’E, RV Investigator, st. IN2017_CO1/178, beam trawl, 3817–3950 m, 16 Apr. 2017. CSIRO H 8099-01 (GenBank Accession MH 491986), female, 66 mm SL, GAB, SA, 34°45.89’S, 130°42.01’E, RV Investigator, st. IN2017_CO1/208, beam trawl, 1816–1870 m, 23 Apr. 2017. NMV A 31819 -001, female, 116 mm SL, off Newcastle, NSW, 33°26.46’S, 152°42.12’E, RV Investigator, st. IN2017_VO3/065, beam trawl, 4173–4280 m, 30 May 2017. CSIRO H 8125-01 (GenBank Accession MH 491988), male, 92+ mm SL, Hunter Commonwealth Marine Reserve, NSW, 32°08.28’S, 153°31.62’E, RV Investigator, st. IN2017_ V03 /078, beam trawl, 3980–4029 m, 4 June 2017. Diagnosis. Sciadonus pedicellaris differs from the other four Sciadonus species by the following combination of characters: No distinct black spots dorsally and along midbody; pelvic fin length 1.0–2.2 % SL; dorsal fin rays 90–107; precaudal vertebrae 43–49; origin of anal fin below dorsal fin rays 44–56. Size. Largest known specimen (126 mm SL) is a ripe female. Distribution (Fig. 1). Earlier known from 19 specimens caught in the Northeast Atlantic, Northeast Pacific, the Solomon Sea and off New Zealand at 1169–5440 m (Nielsen 2018) and now additionally five specimens from the GAB and off southern Qld caught at 1816–4280 m. Remarks. The present five specimens are compared to 19 specimens from ...