Atractodenchelys phrix Robins

Melo, Marcelo R. S., Nunan, Gustavo W. A., Braga, Adriana C. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2009, The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S, Zootaxa 2234, pp. 1-20 : 12

Atractodenchelys phrix Robins an Robins 1970

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Material examined. One specimen, 300.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26829 (1, 300.0 mm), T, E-534.

Distribution. Atractodenchelys phrix is being reported by the first time in the WSA. It was described from the eastern Caribbean ( 11º36’ N, 62º52’ W) and is also known from the western Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean north of Puerto Rico to the coast of Florida ( Robins & Robins 1989).

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FIGURE 3. (A) Nemichthys scolopaceus (MNRJ 26839, 623.0 mm); (B) Hoplunnis similis (USU 0 1327, 305.0 mm); (C) Nettastoma melanura (MNRJ 26820, 637.0 mm); (D) Venefica cf. procera (MNRJ 26799, 640.0 mm); (E) Venefica sp. 1 (MNRJ 26808, 992.0 mm); (F) Venefica sp. 2 (MNRJ 26809, 494.0 mm); (G) Serrivomer schmidti (MNRJ 26842, 423.0 mm); (H) Stemonidium hypomelas (MNRJ 26838, 267.0 mm); (I) Atractodenchelys phrix (MNRJ 26829, 300.0 mm); (J) Diastobranchus capensis (MNRJ 26783, 642.0 mm); (K) Dysommina rugosa (MNRJ 27126, 242.0 mm); (L) Histiobranchus cf. australis (USU 0 1303, 559.0 mm).