First record of an Apterichtus kendalli (Gilbert, 1891) (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) leptocephalus in the Southeast Brazilian Bight: a southward occurrence record extension

By

Namiki, Claudia
Rocha, Maria Luiza Flaquer da
Katsuragawa, Mario
Zani-Teixeira, Maria De Lourdes
Brandini, Frederico Pereira

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-5-6

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

2107--4

Subjects

Brazil , finless eel , Fish larvae , leptocephali , range extension , south Atlantic

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.3.2107

 

Abstract

The first record of Apterichtus kendalli in the Southeast Brazilian Bight is reported based on one leptocephalus collected at around the 100 m isobath during an oceanographic cruise in 1979. It is the southernmost record of this species in the Atlantic. The leptocephalus of A. kendalli was identified based on myomeres counts, fin positions, nine moderate gut swellings, and midline prominent patches of pigments.