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A New Species of the Ceratioid Anglerfish Genus Lasiognathus Regan (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Copeia
  • Theodore W. Pietsch, University of Washington - Seattle
  • Tracey Sutton, Nova Southeastern University
ORCID
0000-0002-5280-7071
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2015
Keywords
  • Females,
  • Morphology
Abstract

A new species of the deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish genus Lasiognathus Regan (family Oneirodidae) is described on the basis of three female specimens collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Not especially similar to any of the five previously described members of the genus, the new species is unique in having a cylindrical, internally pigmented, anterior escal appendage and a pair of elongate distal escal appendages. The new species is diagnosed and described, and a revised key to the species of the genus is provided.

DOI
10.1643/CI-14-181
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©2015 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

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Citation Information
Theodore W. Pietsch and Tracey Sutton. "A New Species of the Ceratioid Anglerfish Genus Lasiognathus Regan (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico" Copeia Vol. 103 Iss. 2 (2015) p. 429 - 432 ISSN: 0045-8511
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tracey-sutton/6/