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Studies on the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the Southern Hemisphere. XI. A new species of Pyrolycus from the Kermadec Ridge

M. Eric Anderson¹

¹SAIAB (J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology), Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, South Africa. e.anderson@ru.ac.za

Abstract  A new species of deep-sea eelpout of the genus Pyrolycus Machida and Hashimoto, 2002 is described from two specimens collected from a hydrothermal vent field on Brothers Seamount, Kermadec Ridge. The specimens, an adult male and a juvenile male, were caught in a suction collector from the Japanese submersible Shinkai 6500 at a depth of 1336 m. Compared to its sole congener, the new species is characterised by its higher vertebral counts, lack of palatine teeth, fewer pectoral-fin rays, and a few head pore pattern differences. An expanded generic diagnosis is provided.

Keywords  Zoarcidae; eelpout; Pyrolycus moelleri sp. n.; South Pacific Ocean; Kermadec Ridge; Brothers Seamount; hydrothermal vent

R06005; Received 14 March 2006; accepted 29 May 2006; Online publication date 9 June 2006
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Volume 36, Number 2, June, 2006, pp 63–68

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