Author: Parr, 1928

Coccorella atlantica Parr, 1928

Diagnosis: typically with 6 pores in the frontal canal commissure of the cephalic latero-sensory system. Inter-orbital width 3.2 to 4.7 SL. Dorsal finrays 11-13, anal finrays 26-30. Colour: in alcohol, dark brown without stripes, bars or other markings; if well preserved, has a brassy-green iridescent layer along flanks, beneath eyes and on cheeks. Size: to 184.5 mm SL.

Habitat: oceanic, mesopelagic; most adults (over 50 mm SL) are taken in hauls to depths exceeding 5O0 m, but both juveniles and adults have often been taken in hauls to I00-400 m. Most larvae (under 30 mm SL) are taken in hauls to 50-125 m. Larvae and small juveniles taken throughout the year. Food: fishes and squids, perhaps with preference for the latter. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: the Azores and Madeira. Elsewhere, central areas of all the oceans.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Schmidt, 1918: 33-34, fig. 22 | Roule & Angel, 1930: 60, pl. 3 (fig. 77-79) | Rofen, 1966: 534-535, fig. 188B & 196.
Otoliths (sagitta). Kotthaus, 1972: fig. 105.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Scopeliformes
Suborder Alepisauridae
Family Evermannellidae
Genus Coccorella
Species Coccorella atlantica

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Coccorella atlantica (Parr, 1928)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Coccorella atlantica Parr, 1928

Synonyms:

Odontostomus atratus Alcock, 1893, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 62 (2): 182 ('Bay of Bengal'). Type: unknown.
Coccorella atrata atlantica Roule, 1929, Bull. Inst. océanogr. Monaco, (546)
11-12 ('Madeira. Camara de Lobos'). Holotype: MOM no 3476-3.
Coccorella atrata: Roule & Angel, 1930: 60, pl. 3 (fig. 77-79) 1 Fowler, 1936: 1224 Albuquerque, 1954-1956: 318, fig. 167.


Common names:

atlantic sabretooth [En]

Alcock, A. W. 1893. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey Steamer 'Investigator', Series II, no. 9. An account of the deep-sea collection made during the season of 1892-93. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng., 62 :169-184, pl. VIII-IX.

Fowler, H. W. 1936. The Marine Fishes of West Africa, based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915. Bull. am. Mus. nat. Hist., 70 (1), Jan. 21, 1936: pp. vii+1-606, fig. 1-275; (2), Nov. 18, 1936: pp. 607-1493, fig. 276-567.

Kotthaus, A. 1972. Die meso- und bathypelagischen Fische der 'Meteor'-Rossbreiten-Expedition 1970 (2. und 3. Fahrtabschnitt). Meteor Forsch. Ergebnisse, D (11): 1-28.

Rofen, R. R. 1966. Family Anotopteridae. Mem. Sears Found. mar. Res., 1 (5): pp. 498-510.

Roule, L. 1929. Description de poissons abyssaux provenant de l'île Madère et des parages du Maroc. Bull. Inst. océanogr., Monaco, (546) :1-19, 3 fig.

Roule, L.; Angel, F. 1930. Larves et alevins de poissons provenant des croisières du Prince Albert I de Monaco. Résult. Camp. scient. Prince Albert 1, 79: 148 p., 6 pl. (165 fig.).

Schmidt, E. J. 1918b. Argentinidae, Microstomidae, Opisthoproctidae, Mediterranean Odontostomidae. Rep. Dan. oceanogr. Exped. Mediterr., 1908-1910, 2, Biol. (AS): pp. 1-40, 23 fig., 4 charts.

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