A new deep-sea species of Barathronus Goode & Bean from Brazil, with notes on Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean (Ophidiiformes: Aphyonidae)

Jørgen Nielsen; Michael M. Mincarone; Fabio Di Dario

doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140034

A new deep-sea species of Barathronus Goode & Bean from Brazil, with notes on Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean (Ophidiiformes: Aphyonidae)

Jørgen Nielsen, Michael M. Mincarone, Fabio Di Dario

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Abstract

A new species of Barathronus (Ophidiiformes: Aphyonidae) is described from a single, mature male specimen (101 mm SL) bottom trawled on the continental slope of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil, between 1,964 and 2,045 m depth. The new species is diagnosed among congeners by the following combination of characters: peritoneum transparent, deep-set eyes not visible, eight fangs on vomer, anal fin rays 69, predorsal length 42.0% SL, preanal length 49.5% SL, penis long, slender, and lacking a pair of lobes at its base, and presence of a ventral flexure of the anterior 2-3 vertebrae. Additionally, morphological data of three specimens of Barathronus bicolor collected in Brazilian waters are presented and compared with those from 51 specimens from the western Central Atlantic.

Original language	English
Journal	Neotropical Ichthyology
Volume	13
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	53-60
Number of pages	8
ISSN	1679-6225
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20140034
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Brazilian EEZ
Deep-sea diversity
Potiguar Basin
Teleostei
Western South Atlantic

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A new deep-sea species of Barathronus Goode & Bean from Brazil, with notes on Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean (Ophidiiformes: Aphyonidae)

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