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The first record of fishes of the rare deep‐sea family Megalomycteridae (Lampriformes) from the north‐eastern Atlantic
Author(s) -
Swinney G. N.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1991.tb03623.x
Subject(s) - biology , taxon , deep sea , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , zoology , ecology
Two fishes of the family Megalomycteridae are reported from off Madeira; the first time this family has been recorded in the NE Atlantic. The specimens generally agree with the generic description of Ataxolepis , but raise doubt over the validity of the characters used to separate the taxa within the family.