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The southernmost record of notacanthiform Tiluropsis leptocephali, with notes on possible species identity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Daniel E. Figueroa ,
Norma E. Brunetti  and
Mitsuo Sakai
Daniel E. Figueroa*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Ictiología, Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, Mar del Plata (7600), Argentina
Norma E. Brunetti
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Paseo Victoria Ocampo N° 1, Mar del Plata (7600), Argentina
Mitsuo Sakai
Affiliation:
National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, 2-12-4, Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, 236-8648, Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Daniel E. Figueroa Laboratorio de Ictiología, Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, Mar del Plata (7600), Argentina email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Two notacanthiform Tiluropsis type leptocephali are analysed, thus constituting the southernmost report in the Atlantic Ocean. Specimens are compared with others of the kind taken from the literature. Some considerations about their larvae and Halosauridae, the family they would belong to, are supplied.

Keywords

TiluropsisleptocephaliAtlantic Oceansouthernmost record
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e53
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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