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.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - 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
AU - de Melo, Marcelo Roberto Souto
AU - Gomes, Amanda Alves
AU - Møller, Peter Rask
AU - Nielsen, Jørgen G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - 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.
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.
KW - Aphyonid clade
KW - Continental slope
KW - R/V Alpha Crucis
KW - Western South Atlantic
U2 - 10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103684
DO - 10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103684
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85123260588
VL - 180
JO - Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
JF - Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
SN - 0967-0637
M1 - 103684
ER -
ID: 298039244