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Occurrence of Pleuroscopus pseudodorsalis Barnard, 1927 (Uranoscopidae) near Rio Grande Plateau, western South Atlantic
Author(s) -
Mincarone M. M.,
Bernardes R. A.,
Peppes F. V.
Publication year - 2007
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.1095-8649.2007.01588.x
Subject(s) - plateau (mathematics) , pelagic zone , biology , fishery , indian ocean , oceanography , geology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The first record of the uranoscopid Pleuroscopus pseudodorsalis from the western South Atlantic, near Rio Grande Plateau, is based on the unusual collection of a specimen by pelagic longline. The species was previously known only off southern Africa and Australasia.