A new species of the rare deep-sea genus Sciadonus Garman, 1899 (Teleostei, Bythitidae) from off Brazil, with a discussion of the evolution of troglomorphism and miniaturization in the aphyonid clade

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A new species of the rare deep-sea genus Sciadonus Garman, 1899 (Teleostei, Bythitidae) from off Brazil, with a discussion of the evolution of troglomorphism and miniaturization in the aphyonid clade. / de Melo, Marcelo Roberto Souto; Gomes, Amanda Alves; Møller, Peter Rask; Nielsen, Jørgen G.

I: Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, Bind 180, 103684, 2022.

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de Melo, MRS, Gomes, AA, Møller, PR & Nielsen, JG 2022, 'A new species of the rare deep-sea genus Sciadonus Garman, 1899 (Teleostei, Bythitidae) from off Brazil, with a discussion of the evolution of troglomorphism and miniaturization in the aphyonid clade', Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, bind 180, 103684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103684

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de Melo, M. R. S., Gomes, A. A., Møller, P. R., & Nielsen, J. G. (2022). A new species of the rare deep-sea genus Sciadonus Garman, 1899 (Teleostei, Bythitidae) from off Brazil, with a discussion of the evolution of troglomorphism and miniaturization in the aphyonid clade. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 180, [103684]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103684

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de Melo MRS, Gomes AA, Møller PR, Nielsen JG. A new species of the rare deep-sea genus Sciadonus Garman, 1899 (Teleostei, Bythitidae) from off Brazil, with a discussion of the evolution of troglomorphism and miniaturization in the aphyonid clade. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 2022;180. 103684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103684

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de Melo, Marcelo Roberto Souto ; Gomes, Amanda Alves ; Møller, Peter Rask ; Nielsen, Jørgen G. / A new species of the rare deep-sea genus Sciadonus Garman, 1899 (Teleostei, Bythitidae) from off Brazil, with a discussion of the evolution of troglomorphism and miniaturization in the aphyonid clade. I: Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 2022 ; Bind 180.

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abstract = "A new species of the rare, deep-sea genus Sciadonus Garman, 1899 (Bythitidae) is described based on two specimens obtained by the Brazilian R/V Alpha Crucis on the continental slope off S{\~a}o Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil, western South Atlantic. It differs from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: body pale lacking dark pigmentation except for on female claspers; a pair of dermal tissue flaps anteriorly on lower jaw; pelvic-fin rays present; precaudal vertebrae 39 or 40 and total vertebrae 74 or 75. The key to the species of Sciadonus is updated. A discussion of the presence and differentiation between troglomorphic and miniature characteristics among the species in the aphyonid clade is provided and compared with other bythitids.",
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AU - Møller, Peter Rask

AU - Nielsen, Jørgen G.

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AB - A new species of the rare, deep-sea genus Sciadonus Garman, 1899 (Bythitidae) is described based on two specimens obtained by the Brazilian R/V Alpha Crucis on the continental slope off São Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil, western South Atlantic. It differs from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: body pale lacking dark pigmentation except for on female claspers; a pair of dermal tissue flaps anteriorly on lower jaw; pelvic-fin rays present; precaudal vertebrae 39 or 40 and total vertebrae 74 or 75. The key to the species of Sciadonus is updated. A discussion of the presence and differentiation between troglomorphic and miniature characteristics among the species in the aphyonid clade is provided and compared with other bythitids.

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KW - R/V Alpha Crucis

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