Hoplunnis similis Smith 1989

Melo, Marcelo R. S., Nunan, Gustavo W. A., Braga, Adriana C. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2009, The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S, Zootaxa 2234, pp. 1-20 : 9

Hoplunnis similis Smith 1989

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Material examined. One specimen, 305.0 mm TL: USU 0 1327 (1, 305.0 mm), MD, 0 5 CP11.

Distribution. Hoplunnis similis was known from its type locality, in the Bahamas (20º53’N, 73º26’W), and from Florida, USA, Honduras and Nicaragua and southern Brazil ( Castro & Bonecker 2004; Smith 1989c).

Remarks. USU 0 1327 was reported by Séret and Andreata (1992) as Facciolella oxyrhyncha ; another lot of F. oxyrhyncha was listed by those authors (USU 01391), but was not found in the USU collection.

Figures

FIGURE 3. (A) Nemichthys scolopaceus (MNRJ 26839, 623.0 mm); (B) Hoplunnis similis (USU 0 1327, 305.0 mm); (C) Nettastoma melanura (MNRJ 26820, 637.0 mm); (D) Venefica cf. procera (MNRJ 26799, 640.0 mm); (E) Venefica sp. 1 (MNRJ 26808, 992.0 mm); (F) Venefica sp. 2 (MNRJ 26809, 494.0 mm); (G) Serrivomer schmidti (MNRJ 26842, 423.0 mm); (H) Stemonidium hypomelas (MNRJ 26838, 267.0 mm); (I) Atractodenchelys phrix (MNRJ 26829, 300.0 mm); (J) Diastobranchus capensis (MNRJ 26783, 642.0 mm); (K) Dysommina rugosa (MNRJ 27126, 242.0 mm); (L) Histiobranchus cf. australis (USU 0 1303, 559.0 mm).