FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 79, NO. 1 



DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES 



Eptatretus springeri (Bigelow and 

 Schroeder) Figure 3, Table I 



Paramyxine springeri Bigelow and Schroeder 

 1952:1-10 (in part; original description; holo- 

 type, 590 mm, and an additional specimen, 505 

 mm; comparison with P. atami; includes, as do 

 the following references, one 338 mm specimen 

 of E. minor). Teng 1958:5-6 (comparison with 

 other species referred to Paramyxine) . Lindberg 

 and Legeza 1959:23-24 (gill apertures). Stra- 

 han and Honma 1961:323-341 (comparison with 

 P. atami and P. yangi). Adam and Strahan 1963:7 

 (characters; size; Gulf of Mexico). Lindberg and 

 Legeza 1959:19, 21 (gill apertures). Rass 1971:18 

 (Gulf of Mexico). 



Material.— MCZ 37399,^ 1 (505 mm), 29 Sep- 



3" Additional material" of Bigelow and Schroeder (1952). La- 

 belled as coming from Oregon station 321; 29''27' N, 87°19' W, 

 400 m, 28 April 1951. In the original description stated to have 

 come from the same trawl haul as the holotype and so regarded 

 here. 



tember 1951, 1340-1540 h, Oregon station 489, 

 27°44 ' N, 85°09 ' W, depth 465 m, bottom tempera- 

 ture 10.3° C, bottom type blue mud; MCZ 39939, 3 

 (500, 509, 576 mm), 13 March 1955, 0835-1305 h, 

 Oregon station 1282, 29°10 ' N, 88°03 ' W, depth 475 

 m, bottom temperature 10° C, bottom type gray 

 mud; MCZ 42423, 3 (410, 433, 450 mm), 12 March 

 1962, Oregon station 4076, 28°33' N, 86°27' W, 

 depth 460 m; SIO 76-248 (formerly UMML 4405), 



I (542 mm), 18 February 1956, 0805-0835 h, Ore- 

 gon station 1450, 29°17 ' N, 87°41 ' W, depth 440 m; 

 USNM 161512 (holotype), 1 (590 mm), 29 Sep- 

 tember 1951, 1340-1540 h, Oregon station 489, 

 27°44' N, 85°09' W, depth 465 m, bottom temper- 

 ature 10.3° C, bottom type blue mud; USNM 

 188210, 1 (522 mm), 23 October 1962, Oregon sta- 

 tion 4005, 29°07.5' N, 88°09' W, depth 550 m; 

 USNM 218396, 2 (513, 526 mm), 4 February 1970, 

 Oregon II station 10899, depth 550 m; USNM 

 218397, 2 (500, 540 mm), 5 February 1970, Oregon 



II station 10900, 28°50.2' N, 86°59' W, depth 730 

 m; USNM 218394, 1 (417 mm), 29 August 1970, 

 Oregon II station 11192, 29°19 ' N, 86°45 ' W, depth 

 420-460 m; USNM 218395, 1 (418 mm), 1 Sep- 

 tember 1970, Oregon II station 11204, 29°12' N, 

 87°55'W, depth 550 m. 



Table l. — Characters of western Atlantic species of Eptatretus with 3/2 cusps (see text) on 

 multicuspids of outer/inner row of teeth. Mean ± SD and range given for multiple specimens. 



'Left -I- right count for single specimen. 



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