Echelus pachyrhynchus ( Vaillant, 1888 )

González, José A., Martins, Albertino, Santana, José I., Triay-Portella, Raül, Monteiro, Carlos, García-Martín, Verónica, Jiménez, Sebastián, González-Lorenzo, Gustavo, Pajuelo, José G., Lorenzo, José M. & Biscoito, Manuel, 2014, New and rare records of teleost fishes from the Cape Verde Islands (eastern-central Atlantic Ocean), Cybium 38 (4), pp. 289-300 : 291

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2014-384-007
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13617462
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/103B87C6-FFDB-F538-FCC1-1032FB660C3A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Echelus pachyrhynchus ( Vaillant, 1888 )
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Material examined. - TFMCVP /01581, 410 mm TL, 16°09’N 23°06’W, Ponta do Sol , Boa Vista Island, 295‑299 m, cruise Cabo Verde 2005‑06, sta. 1/3, soft bottom, 5 Jun. 2005, BT; MMF GoogleMaps 36366, 465 mm TL, 15°56’N 22°42’W, Ponta Medronha , Boa Vista Island, 210 m, cruise Cabo Verde 2005‑06, sta. 73, soft bottom, 9 Jun. 2005, SFST; TFMCVP/01582 GoogleMaps , 465 mm TL, 15°52’N 22°46’W, S of Ponta do Roque, Boa Vista Island , 240 m, cruise Cabo Verde 2005‑ 06, sta. 90, soft bottom, 10 Jun. 2005, SFST GoogleMaps .

Additional material. - 10 specimens, 407‑513 mm TL, caught on soft bottoms, with certainty between 175 m and 460 m depth, from off São Vicente, Boa Vista and Santiago islands , cruises Cabo Verde 2005‑06 and Cabo Verde 2010‑ 04.

Remarks. - A deep-water bathydemersal species burrowing in sand or mud on the upper‑slope at a 200‑500 m depth range ( Leiby, 1990; Froese and Pauly, 2014). Known from the eastern Atlantic, from Morocco to Angola and central Namibia ( Bianchi et al., 1993; Froese and Pauly, 2014), including the Cape Verde Islands ( Leiby, 1990; Reiner, 1996, 2005; Froese and Pauly, 2014). Although the present material was caught in both traps, 76% occurred in bottom traps, therefore confirming its demersal nature. The 513 mm TL specimen is apparently the largest of this species ever recorded (485 mm TL: Leiby, 1990).