New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Redescription of the rare slickhead Mirognathus normani (Salmoniformes: Alepocephalidae) with the first record from the western South Pacific

YURI I. SAZONOV

Zoological Museum
Moscow State University
Bol'shaya Nikitskaya ul. 6
Moscow, 103009 Russia

PETER R. LAST

Division of Marine Research
CSIRO
Castray Esplanade
Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia

Abstract  The rare and inadequately-defined abyssal slickhead, Mirognathus normani Parr (F. Alepocephalidae), is redescribed based on Atlantic material and the first specimen collected from the Pacific Ocean.

Keywords  abyssal dweller; alepocephalid; Mirognathus normani; new record; rare fish; redescription; slickhead

M99039
Received 12 July 1999; accepted 16 November 1999

Short communication

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