Xyelacyba myersi Cohen 1961
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.2 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0F66DF83-9427-4D01-A0A8-6CC4B2A81F32 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987B8-146B-2212-23B2-F91F0F976B47 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Xyelacyba myersi Cohen 1961 |
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Xyelacyba myersi Cohen 1961 View in CoL
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Material examined. 92 specimens, 87–603 mm SL: MOVI 38735-38739 View Materials (5, 124– 180 mm), E-0522; MOVI 39174-39175 View Materials (2, 170– 230 mm), E-0540; MOVI 39186 View Materials (1, 87 mm), E-0526; MOVI 41763-41786 View Materials (24, 208– 559 mm), E-0496; MOVI 41787-41793 View Materials (7, 215– 573 mm), E-0497; MOVI 41794-41798 View Materials (5, 210– 283 mm), E- 0501; MOVI 41799-41807 View Materials (9, 210– 365 mm), E-0505; MOVI 41808-41814 View Materials (7, 122– 287 mm), E-0506; MOVI 41815 View Materials (1, 356 mm), E-0512; MOVI 41816 View Materials (1, 470 mm), E-0514; MOVI 41817-41822 View Materials (6, 242– 345 mm), E- 0519; MOVI 41823 View Materials (1, 240 mm), E-0520; MOVI 41824-41825 View Materials (2, 378– 403 mm), E-0522; MOVI 41826- 41829 View Materials (4, 540– 603 mm), E-0525; MOVI 41830-41833 View Materials (4, 247– 447 mm), E-0526; MOVI 41834-41837 View Materials (4, 210– 483 mm), E-0527; MOVI 41838 View Materials (1, 272 mm), E-0528; MOVI 41839-41841 View Materials (3, 225– 297 mm), E-0535; MOVI 41842 View Materials (1, 462 mm), E-0537; MOVI 41843-41844 View Materials (2, 283– 418 mm), E-0544; MOVI 41845 View Materials (1, 346 mm), E-0547; MOVI 40987 View Materials (1, photo), AG2-16 .
Diagnosis. As for genus.
Distribution. Tropical and subtropical areas of all oceans, except eastern Pacific ( Nielsen et al. 1999), at depths from 984 to 2500 m.
Remarks. First record in Brazilian waters. Collected from several stations off Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro, from 984 to 2271 m. Previously known from 1075 to 2500 m ( Nielsen et al. 1999).
Very rarely more than 6 rakers on anterior gill arch. Dorsal, caudal and anal fins joined or not. Basibranchial tooth patches absent. Pelvic fins with a single ray in each, absent in a few species. Viviparous. Forty-eight genera with 185 species.
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