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Issue: Vol. 2876 No. 1: 12 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2876.1.5
Page range: 49–56
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 19

Leptoderma macrophthalmum n.sp., a new species of smooth-head (Otocephala: Alepocephalidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge

Natural History Collections, Bergen Museum, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7800, Allégt. 41, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
Natural History Collections, Bergen Museum, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7800, Allégt. 41, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
Fish Alepocephalidae Leptoderma Mid Atlantic Ridge

Abstract

A new species of Alepocephalidae, Leptoderma macrophthalmum n.sp., is described from one specimen caught in 2004 at about 2100 m depth at the Mid Atlantic Ridge, north of the Azores. Morphological and molecular evidence indicate a relationship closest to the Pacific species Leptoderma lubricum.

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