A new species of the deep-sea fish genusParabrotula (Parabrotulidae) from Sagami Bay with notes on its ecology |
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| Authors: | Masaki Miya Jørgen Nielsen |
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| Institution: | 1. Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2, Aoba-cho, 280, Chiba, Japan
2. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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| Abstract: | Parabrotula tanseimaru sp. nov. (Zoarcoidei: Parabrotulidae) is described from Sagami Bay, central Japan, as the second species of the genus. The
new species is readily distinguished from the known species,P. plagiophthalma, by dorsal fin ray counts (44–50 vs. 37–43) and higher total vertebral counts (64–73 vs. 54–64).P. tanseimaru is viviparous, occurring in pseudoceanic meso-/bathypelagic depths and feeding primarily on copepods. |
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