Species Muraenolepis evseenkoi Balushkin & Prirodina, 2010

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• Muraenolepis evseenkoi Balushkin, A.V. & Prirodina, V.P. 2010. A new species of Muraenolepididae (Gadiformes) Muraenolepis evseenkoi sp. nova from continental seas of Antarctica. Journal of Ichthyology 50(7): 495-502.

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIL 54651 (depth 1180-500 meters), Commonwealth Sea, Kemp Coast, Antarctica [66°30'S, 59°30'E].
  Paratype(s) ZIL 53240, Riiser-Larsen Sea, Bay Leningradskii [69°21′S, 14°01′E]; ZIL 54652, Ross Sea [72°51′ S, 176°29′ W]; ZIL 54653, Ross Sea [71°11′ S, 179°29′ W]; ZIL 54354, Ross Sea [71°52′ S, 178°42′ W]; ZIL 54655, Ross Sea [71°49′ S, 178°39′ S]; ZIL 54656, Amundsen Sea [69°41′ S, 124°44′ W]; ZIL 54657, Amundsen Sea [69°31′ S, 120°25′ W]; ZIL 54658, Amundsen Sea [69°08′ S, 123°37′ W]; ZIL 54659, Ross Sea; ZMMU R-22261 (ex ZIL 54653), Ross Sea [71°11′ S, 179°29′ W].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Muraenolepis microps Lönnberg, 1905. —
  Chiu, T.-S. & Markle, D.F. 1990. Muraenolepididae. pp. 179-182 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [181] (a misidentification, in part)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Off the Kemp Coast ("Commonwealth Sea"), Australian Antarctic Territory (66°30′, 59°30′ E); probably circum-Antarctic, Southern Ocean

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthopelagic, continental shelf, continental slope.

General References

Chiu, T.-S. & Markle, D.F. 1990. Muraenolepididae. pp. 179-182 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [181] (as M. microps, in part)

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