RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH CRUISES OF FRV WALTHER-HERWIG TO SOUTH-AMERICA .69. LEPIDOPUS-ALTIFRONS, A NEW SPECIES OF CUTLASSFISH (PISCES, SCOMBROIDEI, TRICHIURIDAE) FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC-OCEAN

Authors
PARIN NV COLLETTE BB
Citation
Nv. Parin et Bb. Collette, RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH CRUISES OF FRV WALTHER-HERWIG TO SOUTH-AMERICA .69. LEPIDOPUS-ALTIFRONS, A NEW SPECIES OF CUTLASSFISH (PISCES, SCOMBROIDEI, TRICHIURIDAE) FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC-OCEAN, Archiv fur Fischereiwissenschaft, 41(3), 1993, pp. 187-195
Citations number
7
Journal title
Archiv fur Fischereiwissenschaft → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039063
Volume
41
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
187 - 195
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9063(1993)41:3<187:ROTRCO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Lepidopus altifrons n. sp. differs from all species of the genus excep t L. dubius in having a convex and highly elevated interorbit. It diff ers from L. dubius in having a more elevated interorbit, shorter front al crests, and more numerous vertebrae (98-105 vs. 92-97) and dorsal a nd anal fin rays (90-97 vs. 83-89 and 52-58 vs. 48-53). It is found in the western Atlantic from off Nova Scotia to off southern Brazil.