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Length–weight relationships of eleven mesopelagic fishes from oceanic islands of the Southwestern Tropical Atlantic
Author(s) -
Eduardo Leandro N.,
Mincarone Michael M.,
Villarins Bárbara T.,
Frédou Thierry,
Lira Alex S.,
Bertrand Arnaud,
Lucena-Frédou Flávia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1111/jai.13840
Subject(s) - mesopelagic zone , atoll , seamount , archipelago , biology , fishery , tropical atlantic , oceanography , tuna , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , reef , pelagic zone , geology , paleontology , sea surface temperature
Summary This study provides the length‐weight relationship for eleven mesopelagic fishes from oceanic islands of the Southwestern Tropical Atlantic: Bonapartia pedaliota , Sigmops elongatus (Gonostomatidae), Argyropelecus aculeatus, Argyropelecus affinis , Argyropelecus sladeni, Sternoptyx diaphana , Sternoptyx pseudobscura (Sternoptychidae), Malacosteus niger, Thysanactis dentex (Stomiidae), Melanonus zugmayeri (Melanonidae), and Ectreposebastes imus (Setarchidae). Data were collected during a scientific survey (2017) around Rocas Atoll, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and adjacent seamounts, using a micronekton trawl (side
length of body mesh: 40 mm, side
length of cod‐end mesh: 10 mm) at 35 stations from 0 to 1,113 m depth. A new maximum standard length for Bonapartia pedaliota and Ectreposebastes imus are also provided.