First record of the deep-sea anglerfish Ceratias uranoscopus Murray, 1877 (Lophiiformes, Ceratiidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean

By

Rojas-Rodríguez, Pablo
Vidaurre-Quesada, Naidely
Angulo, Arturo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-6-5

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

641--645

Subjects

bathypelagic , Central America , new record , Panama , Stargazing Seadevil

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/20.3.641

 

Abstract

n 1973, a specimen of the deep‑sea anglerfish Ceratias uranoscopus Murray, 1877 was collected at a depth of 1000 m off the Pacific coast of Panama. This specimen represents (1) the first verified occurrence record of this species and genus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean and (2) an extension of about 7000 km east on this species’ previously known distribution. In this contribution, we provide and discuss unpublished and comparative morphometric, meristic, and occurrence data, corroborating the identity of the specimen and species and validating the new geographic range.