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Issue: Vol. 2270 No. 1: 22 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2270.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 15

First record of the fish genus Symphysanodon (Teleostei: Perciformes: Symphysanodontidae) from the western South Atlantic Ocean

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia. CCS, Bloco A, Ilha do Fundão. CEP 21941-590. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia. CCS, Bloco A, Ilha do Fundão. CEP 21941-590. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia. CCS, Bloco A, Ilha do Fundão. CEP 21941-590. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Grice Marine Biological Laboratory, College of Charleston, 205 Fort Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina 29412-9110, USA
Fish larvae Brazil range extension

Abstract

Two larval Symphysanodon, collected off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, southern Brazil (at 22º32’50.0” S, 040º04’09.0” W), beyond the 1,000 m isobath, are the first specimens of the monotypic family Symphysanodontidae to be reported from the western South Atlantic Ocean. We are unable to assign the larvae to a described species and entertain the idea that the Brazilian material may represent an undescribed species.

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