Dicrolene kanazawai Grey 1958

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 : 50

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.2
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scientific name	Dicrolene kanazawai Grey 1958
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Dicrolene kanazawai Grey 1958 View in CoL

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Material examined. 16 specimens, 168–273 mm SL: MOVI 38684 View Materials (1, 226 mm), E-0548; MOVI 38689 View Materials (1, 225 mm), E-0526; MOVI 38694-38695 View Materials (2, 246– 273 mm), E-0540; MOVI 38696-38698 View Materials (2, 256– 271 mm), E- 0520; MOVI 38733-38734 View Materials (2, 232– 247 mm), E-0549; MOVI 38805 View Materials (1, 168 mm), E-0527; MOVI 39143- 39145 View Materials (3, 202– 236 mm), E-0537; MOVI 39177-39178 View Materials (2, 207– 241 mm), E-0552; MOVI 39179 View Materials (1, 235 mm), E-0550; MOVI 39184 View Materials (1, 216 mm), E-0551 .

Diagnosis. Opercular spine curved; one median basibranchial tooth patch and some specimens with a pair of small tooth patches, some specimens with just one of the paired tooth patches and some without any trace of paired tooth patches (in all earlier literature the lack of paired tooth patches is considered a diagnostic character).

Distribution. Western Atlantic ( Nielsen et al. 1999), at depth from 1334 to 2342 m.

Remarks. First record in Brazilian waters. Collected off Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro, from 1334 to 2271 m depth.