Additional Data on Arctozenus australis Ho et Duhamel, 2019 (Pisces: Aulopiformes, Paralepididae) off Kerguelen Islands

Authors: Zhukov MY*

DOI: 10.23880/izab-16000508

Volume 6, Issue 5

Abstract

This work clarifies the morphological data for the recently described species Arctozenus australis Ho et Duhamel, 2019. Specimens caught in the northwest of the known range of the species confirm the validity of diagnostic characters and expand the known range of the following parameters: predorsal length, prepelvic length, preanal length, distance between origins of dorsal and anal fins, head depth, distance between origins of dorsal and pelvic fins, interorbital width, caudal-peduncle depth, snout length, upper-jaw length, lower jaw, number of caudal vertebrae, preanal vertebrae, and anal fin rays.

Keywords: Morphology; Paralepididae, Southern Ocean; Southern Spotted Barracudina

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