Porogadus catena (Goode & Bean 1885)

Mincarone, Michael M., Nielsen, Jørgen G., Costa, Paulo A. S. & Rv, Rv, 2008, Deep-sea ophidiiform fishes collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S, Zootaxa 1770 (1), pp. 41-64 : 55

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5123952
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Porogadus catena (Goode & Bean 1885)
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Porogadus catena (Goode & Bean 1885) View in CoL

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Material examined. 29 specimens, 74–215 mm SL: MOVI 38766-38788 View Materials (23, 74– 180 mm), E-0520; MOVI 38791-38794 View Materials (4, 154– 176 mm), E-0509; MOVI 38814 View Materials (1, 180 mm), E-0496; MOVI 38823 View Materials (1, 215 mm), AG1-6 .

Diagnosis. Head depth less than 60% of head length; spines on top and sides of head poorly developed; frontal spine above eye present; 28–36 lateral line scales to level of anus.

Distribution. Western Atlantic and Gulf of Panama, at depths from 1180 to 3500 m ( Nielsen et al. 1999).

Remarks. First record in Brazilian waters. Collected off Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, from 1635 to 2271 m depth.