Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880)
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https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2024-018 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/425387BD-1A06-FFBC-FCEA-4746FE5E9B09 |
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Felipe |
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Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) |
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Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) View in CoL ( Fig. 5 View Figure 5 )
Material
MNHRUN uncat. (2022.E.4.4), 1 male, 630 mm TL, Réunion, off northwest coast, 19.6 km northwest of Cap de La Houssaye , 20°55’04.080”S 55°05’08.268”E, 1000 m depth, St. 8, 9 May 2022 GoogleMaps ; MNHRUN uncat. (2022.E.4.5), 1 female, 545 mm TL, Réunion, off northwest coast, 18.8 km northwest of Cap de La Houssaye , 20°55’19.236”S 55°05’28.248”E, 1000 m depth, St. 13, 20 Sep. 2022 GoogleMaps .
Diagnosis
Body rounded, head and mouth broad. Upper jaw teeth with erect, dagger-like cusp and several smaller lateral cusplets; lower teeth a single band of overlapping blade-like teeth. Dermal denticles erect, thorn-like, scattered over head, flank and belly; base of dorsal fins with a naked area. Pho- tophore pattern on belly obscured, poorly defined. Dorsal fins about equal in size and height; each fin bearing a strong spine, the second following the contour of anterior margin of fin. Pectoral fins lobate; caudal fin well developed, with sub- terminal notch, lower lobe well developed ( Last and Stewart, 2015).
Distribution
Southern Hemisphere: Southwestern and southeastern Atlantic; southern Indian Ocean; southwestern and southeastern Pacific ( Fig. 2C View Figure 2 ).
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