New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts
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
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