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Issue: Vol. 5716 No. 1: 29 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5716.1.7
Page range: 133-138
Abstract views: 84
PDF downloaded: 2

A new record of the Elegant Slender Barracudina, Stemonosudis elegans (Ege, 1933) from southern Atlantic Ocean

Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, National Institutes of Applied Research, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Taiwan; National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan; Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
Biodiversity ichthyofauna ichthyology Lestidiinae Paralepididae taxonomy Pisces

Abstract

Stemonosudis elegans (Ege, 1933), was originally described from off southwestern Australia and has been widely documented in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Four specimens collected from the western Atlantic Ocean off southern Brazil were found in the Zoological Museum in Hamburg, which represent the first record of this species in Atlantic waters. A detailed description of these specimens, compared to the original description, is provided. The species is now recognized as having a circumglobal distribution, although primarily occurring in the Southern Hemisphere.

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How to Cite

Ho, H.-C. & Moritz, T. (2025) A new record of the Elegant Slender Barracudina, Stemonosudis elegans (Ege, 1933) from southern Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 5716 (1), 133–138. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.1.7