Author: Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956

Mirapinna esau Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956

Diagnosis: D 16; A 14; P 13; V 8; other characters: see family. Size: only known specimen 39.5 mm.

Habitat: caught at surface. Food: stomach content copepods. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: only one known specimen caught north of the Azores (47° 20' N, 22° 30' W). (Re-examination by author of a specimen from the Pacific, referred to as this species by Fourmanoir (1971), showed that it is a poorly preserved specimen of Parataeniophorus).

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Cetomimiformes
Family Mirapinnidae
Genus Mirapinna
Species Mirapinna esau

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Mirapinna esau Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956

Scientific synonyms and common names

Mirapinna esau Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956

Synonyms:

Mirapinna esau Bertelsen & Marshall, 1956, Dana Rep., (42): 4-6, fig. 1-2, and 12 (North Atlantic 500 miles north of the Azores, 47° 20' N., 22° 30' W.). Holotype: ZMUC.


Common names:

none

Bertelsen, E.; Marshall, N. B. 1956. The Miripinnati, a new order of teleost fishes. Dana Rep., (42) :1-34, 15 fig., I pl.

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