Maurolicus weitzmani Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993

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Maurolicus weitzmani Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993

Type-locality: Maurolicus weitzmani – “ North Atlantic , 34°23’N, 75°37’W, depth 100-0 meters”. Holotype: MCZ 64761. Paratypes: MCZ 41630 (4), 64755 (14), 64760 (1); USNM 317840 .

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 5.2 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-1149 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: East tropical Atlantic: known between 11°N and 06°S, also at seamounts of Vavilov Ridge. It is found between Mauritania and Sierra Leone and from Gabon to southern Angola, as well as off Ascension Island. Some records for Gabon: USNM 3177840-1963 (Paratype), MCZ 81237/81238-1971.