Author: Lowe, 1834

Beryx splendens Lowe, 1834

Diagnosis: greatest depth of body 33-40% SL. Head about 34-36% of SL. Orbit about 45% of head length. Depth of caudal peduncle about 30% of head length. D IV + (13)14 (15). Total gillrakers 25-27. Pyloric caeca 23-30. Colour: same as B. decadactylus. Size: normally 25-35 cm or exceptionally to 40 cm SL. Small specimens may have greatly prolonged anterior soft dorsal rays.

Habitat: common at 400-600 m depth off the coast of Madeira where this species and the preceding one seem to live in close proximity since the catches appearing at the Funchal fish market generally contain both forms, but usually there are about 100 of the present species to 10 of B. decadactylus. Food: no data. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: in the eastern Atlantic common, around the North Atlantic islands of Madeira, the Canaries and the Azores, also known from Spain, Portugal and Morocco and as far south as South Africa. In the western Atlantic, from the Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico. In the Pacific from Japan and Australia.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). Shepherd, 1922: 138.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Beryciformes
Family Berycidae
Genus Beryx
Species Beryx splendens

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Beryx splendens Lowe, 1834

Scientific synonyms and common names

Beryx splendens Lowe, 1834

Synonyms:

Beryx splendens Lowe, 1834, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1: 142 (text only) (Madeira). Holotype: BMNH?
Beryx splendens: Lowe, 1843-1860, 1843, 2: 47, pl. VIII Günther, 1859: 16; 1880a, 1: 3 Fowler, 1936: 542-543, fig. 256 Krefft, 1961a: 24-38, fig. 1 Wheeler, 1969: 302, fig. Bini, 1967-1972, 1970: 200, fig.: 202.


Common names:

alfonsino [En]
beryx long [Fr]

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: vii + 606 p., fig. 1-275; (2), Nov. 18, 1936: 607-1493, fig. 276-567.

Günther, A. 1880a. Report on the shore fishes in Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger'. Challenger Reports, Zoology, 1(6): 1-82, 32 pl.

Krefft, G. 1961a. Beryx splendens, ein Erstfund in nordeuropäischen Gewässern nebst Bemerkungen zum Auftreten von B. decadactylus. Arch. FischWiss., 12: 24-38.

Lowe, R. T. 1834. Characters of a new genus Leirus and of several species of fishes from Madeira. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1833 [1834], 1: 142-144.

Lowe, R. T. 1843-1860. A history of the Fishes of Madeira, with original figures from nature of all species by the Hon. C. E. C. Norton and M. Young. London: 196 p., 27+1 pl. Part I, July 1843: i-xv i+ 1-20, 1 pl. plain + col. pl. IIV; Part 2, Sept. 1843: 21-52, pl. V-VIII; Part 3, Nov. 1843: 53-84, pl. IX-XII; Part 4, Janv. 1844: 85-116, pl. XIII-XVII; Part 5, Oct. 1860: 117-196.

Shepherd, C. E. 1922. Sur quelques erreurs dans la détermination des otolithes fossiles. Bull. Soc. géol. Fr., 22 (4): 138-141, 1 pl.

Wheeler, A. 1969. The Fishes of the British Isles and North-West Europe. Macmillan, London, Melbourne and Toronto: i-xvii +1-163, 5 +177 fig., + 392 fig. (princ. sp.)+ 92 n. num. fig., 16 pl., maps.

Bini, G. 1967-1972. Atlante dei pesci delle Coste italiane. Mondo Sommerso, Milano, 9 vol: I, 1967, Leptocardi, Ciclostomi, Selaci, 206 p., 66 fig + 64 col. fig. II, 1971, Osteitti (Acipenseriformi, Clupeiformi, Mictofiformi, Anguilliformi), 300 p., 73 col. fig. III, 1970, Notacantiformi . . . Zeiformi, 229 p., 34 fig + 63 col. fig. IV, 1968, Perciformi (Mugiloidei, Percoidei), 163 p., 34 fig. + 49 col. fig. V, 1968, Perciformi (Percoidei), 175 p., 22 fig. + 56 col. fig. VI, 1968, Perciformi (Trichiuroidei . . . Blennioidei), 177 p., 48 fig + 57 col. fig. VII,1969, Perciformi (Ofidioidei . . . Dactilopteroidei), 196 p., 57 fig. + 59 col. fig. VIII,1968, Pleuronettiformi, Echeniformi, Gobioesociformi, Tetraodontiformi, Lofiformi, 164 p., 34 + 63 fig. IX, 1972, Introduzione. Parte generale. Aggiornamenti. Indici. 176 p.

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