Author: Myers & Freihoffer, 1966

Ataxolepis apus Myers & Freihoffer, 1966

Diagnosis: Dorsal and anal finrays 15-19; pelvic finrays 0. Lateralis system with 7-8 infraorbital pores. Vertebrae 46-48. Colour: dark brown. Size: to 57 mm SL.

Habitat: oceanic waters, bathypelagic to 1850 m (but no closing net captures). Food: no data. Reproduction: sex of only examined specimens (2) male (Swinney, 1991).

Distribution: rare. In the area 2 specimens recorded from south of Madeira (Swinney, 1991). Elsewhere, only 3 types from Bermuda.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Cetomimiformes
Family Megalomycteridae
Genus Ataxolepis
Species Ataxolepis apus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Ataxolepis apus Myers & Freihofer, 1966

Scientific synonyms and common names

Ataxolepis apus Myers & Freihoffer, 1966

Synonyms:

Possible synonym: Ataxolepis henactis Goodyear, 1970.

Common name:

Largenose fish [En]

Goodyear, R. H. 1970. A new species of Ataxolepis, a bathypelagic fish from the Gulf of Panama (Pisces, Lampridiformes, Megalomycteridae). Steenstrup. 1 (3):17-20, 1 fig.

Myers, G. S.; Freihofer, W. C. 1966. Megalomycteridae, a previously unrecognized family of deep-sea cetomimiform fishes based on two new genera from the North Atlantic. Stan. Ichthyol. Bull. 8:193-206, 8 figs.

Swinney, G. N. 1991. The first record of fishes of the rare deep-sea family Megalomycteridae (Lampriformes) from the north-eastern Atlantic. J. Fish Biol. 38:839-843, 3 figs.

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