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Fourth specimen of the deep benthopelagic ophidiid fish, Apagesoma delosommatus (Hureau, Staiger & Nielsen, 1979)
Author(s) -
Merrett N. R.,
Nielsen J. G.
Publication year - 2001
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.1095-8649.2001.tb02378.x
Subject(s) - holotype , paratype , biology , meristics , extant taxon , fish <actinopterygii> , sagitta , fishery , continental shelf , zoology , otolith , taxonomy (biology) , evolutionary biology
A fourth capture and third extant specimen of the ophidiid, Apagesoma delosommatus , is reported from tropical eastern North Atlantic continental rise waters. Its morphometric and meristic characters are compared with the holotype and paratype and its left sagitta is illustrated.