Author: Nielsen, 1969

Sciadonus galatheae Nielsen, 1969

Diagnosis: rather slender body. Dorsal finrays 88-104; anal finrays 4758. Colour: transparent skin. Size: to 93 mm SL.

Habitat: on or near the bottom at bathyal and abyssal depths (3,600-3,360 m in the area). Food: no data. Reproduction: viviparous.

Distribution: known from two specimens in the area (47°38' N, 8°56' W, and 49°30' N, 13°20' W). Elsewhere, two from the south-western Pacific (Kermadec Trench).

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

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Ophidioidei
Family Aphyonidae
Genus Sciadonus
Species Sciadonus galatheae

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Sciadonus galatheae (Nielsen, 1969)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Sciadonus galatheae

Synonyms:

Leucochlamys galatheae Nielsen, 1969, Galathea Rep., 10: 75, fig. 51 (Kermadec Trench). Holotype: ZMUC P77456. Paratype: ZMUC P77457.
Leucochlamys galatheae: Rannou, Nielsen et Hureau, 1974: 1253, fig. 2c, d and 3 (banc de La Chapelle, 47°38'N-8°56'W, 3360-3600 m).

Common names:

none.

Nielsen, J. G. 1969. Systematics and biology of the Aphyonidae (Pisces, Ophidioidea). Galathea Rep., 10: 1-88, 56 fig., 4 pl.

Rannou, M.; Nielsen, J.; Hureau, J. C. 1974. Note sur quelques Aphyonidae de l'Atlantique Nord (Teleosteens, Ophidioidei). Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat., Paris, 3e ser., (247): 1249-1257, 4 fig.

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