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Issue: Vol. 2671 No. 1: 9 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2671.1.5
Page range: 53–60
Abstract views: 90
PDF downloaded: 41

A new species of deep-sea anglerfish, genus Himantolophus (Lophiiformes: Himantolophidae) from the Western South Pacific, with comments on the validity of H. pseudalbinares

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, P.O. Box 467, Wellington New Zealand
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, College of the Environment. University of Washington; 1122 NE Boat Street Seattle, Washington 98195-5020, USA
Fish Himantolophus litoceras sp. nov. himatolophid distribution New Zealand

Abstract

A new species of the deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish genus Himantolophus is described from a single specimen caught off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. A member of the Himantolophus cornifer-group, based on the absence of a posterior escal appendage, the new species is described and compared with the five previously recognized members of the group. Evidence is provided to confirm the validity of Himantolophus pseudalbinares, a species previously confused with H. albinares.

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