Nezumia africana (Iwamoto, 1970)

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 : 294

Nezumia africana (Iwamoto, 1970) ( Fig. 2B )

Material examined. - MMF 43121, 65.2 mm PAL, 41.2 mm HL, 16°17’N 22°46’W, E of Ponta Antónia, Boa Vista Island , 191‑198 m, cruise Cabo Verde 2005‑06, sta. 35/37, 7 Jun. 2005, BT .

Remarks. - A tropical benthopelagic species occurring along the slope down to 732 m depth. Previously known only from the Gulf of Guinea in the eastern-central Atlantic ( Cohen et al., 1990; Geistdoerfer, 1990; Froese and Pauly, 2014), it is recorded for the first time from the Cape Verde Islands, which fixes the northernmost limit of its distribution.

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Figure 2. ‑ First records of teleost fishes from the Cape Verde Islands. A: Gnathophis mystax, SL 365 mm, MMF39446; B: Nezumia africana, PAL 65.2 mm, MMF43121; C: Nezumia duodecim, PAL 72.8 mm, MMF39286; D: Ectreposebastes imus, SL 91 mm, MMF48816; E: Paraliparis sp., SL 251 mm, TFMC‑VP/01377; F: Lappanella fasciata, SL 140 mm, MMF42284. Scale bars = 20 mm.