Lepidion natalensis Gilchrist, 1922

Fricke, Ronald, Durville, Patrick, Mulochau, Thierry & Potin, Gaël, 2024, Deep-water fish species from Réunion observed during an inventory of the fauna at 1000 m depth, including first and confirmed records, Cybium 48 (3), pp. 219-227 : 224

Lepidion natalensis Gilchrist, 1922 ( Fig. 8 )

MNHRUN uncat. (2022.E.4.9), 1 specimen, 425 mm TL, Réunion, off northwest coast, 19.3 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 .

Diagnosis

D (5-6) + (54-59); A 49-52; P 1 22-23; P 2 7; gill rakers 5 + 15; orbit diameter 4.2-5.4 in head length; scales absent on branchiostegal membranes; body greyish pink, vertical fins dark ( Cohen, 1986).

Distribution

Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa; Réunion ( Fig. 2F ).

Figures

Figure 2. – Collection/observation sta- tions of newly recorded deep-water fish species off northwestern Réunion. A: Hexanchus griseus (Hexanchidae); B: Centroscymnus owstonii (Somni- osidae); C: Etmopterus granulosus (Etmopteridae); D: Nemichthys scol- opaceus (Nemichthyidae); E: Coe- lorinchus trunovi (Macrouridae); F: Lepidion natalensis (Moridae).

Figure 8 – Lepidion natalensis (Moridae), MNHRUN uncat. (2022.E.4.9), 1 specimen, 425 mm TL, Réunion, off northwest coast, 19.3 km northwest of Cap de La Houssaye, 20°55’04.080”S 55°05’08.268”E, 1000 m depth.