NEW SPECIES OF THE MORID GENUS GADELLA (TELEOSTEI, GADIFORMES) FROM THE GALAPAGOS-ISLANDS

Authors
LONG DJ MCCOSKER JE
Citation
Dj. Long et Je. Mccosker, NEW SPECIES OF THE MORID GENUS GADELLA (TELEOSTEI, GADIFORMES) FROM THE GALAPAGOS-ISLANDS, Ichthyological research, 45(1), 1998, pp. 1-5
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Ichthyological research → ACNP
ISSN journal
13418998
Volume
45
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1 - 5
Database
ISI
SICI code
1341-8998(1998)45:1<1:NSOTMG>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A new species of deepwater morid fish, Gadella thysthion, is described on the basis of five specimens from the Galapagos Islands. It differs from other species of Gadella by its low dorsal and anal fin ray coun ts (8+56-58 and 64-66 respectively), moderate number of gill rakers (4 -5+9-11), small luminous organ that is closer to the anus than the int erventral line, and its dark body, bright red-orange median fins with dark bases, and melanophores on the tongue apex and the palatal midlin e.