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Paraliparis terraenovae Regan 1916

Description

Paraliparis terraenovae Regan 1916

Figs. 75, 76

Paraliparis terraenovae Regan 1916: 129, Pl. 1, Fig. 6; Stein & Tompkins 1989:7; Stein & Andriashev 1990:252, Fig. 31; Duhamel et al. 2010:339, Figs. 23, 24.

Paraliparis edentatus Andriashev 1986: 69, Figs. 29, 30 A–D

Edentoliparis terraenovae Andriashev 1990c:181, Figs. 1 –2; Andriashev 2003:381, Figs. 203, 204; Duhamel 1992:195.

Holotype. BMNH 1916.3.20.29, 35 mm TL, 77°15' S, 166°00' E, McMurdo Sound, R / V Terra Nova, Stn. 332, 16 January 1912, 0–550 m.

Material examined. NMNZ P.043482, ripe female, 69 mm TL, 61 mm SL, 76°46.02' S, 167°49.75' E, S. of Franklin Is., Ross Sea, R / V Tangaroa, Stn. IPY / CAML TAN 0802 /070, 15 February 2008, 724– 754 m.

Diagnosis. (Slightly modified from Andriashev, 2003). V 51–55 (8–9+43–46), P 12–16, radials 2 (1+0+0+1). No teeth in either jaw; pharyngeal teeth absent. All gill rakers black speckled. Orobranchial cavity dark (blackish speckled), peritoneum and anterior part of stomach black. Head 24–26%, preanal length 36–40% SL.

Distribution. Circumantarctic at depths from 5– 850 m.

Comparisons. This species is unique among all other known Southern Ocean species in its lack of dentition. If this is noted in examination, it cannot be mistaken for any other known species. In addition, Andriashev (2003:381) noted that its pattern of radial arrangement is not that of a Paraliparis (2+0+1), but rather of a Careproctus (1+0+0+1); this, in combination with the absence of a ventral sucking disk, is also uniquely diagnostic. However, the figure of the pectoral girdle (Fig. 75 herein) included by Andriashev (op. cit.) shows three radials; R3 is small and not mentioned in the figure legend (Fig. 203). In the text (2003:382) Andriashev states that pectoral girdles of ten specimens were studied, and of those, three were anomalous, and the girdle illustrated, from paratype ZIN 46830, is one of those. In the original description of P. edentatus it was incorrectly thought to be normal and thus included in the figure (Andriashev, 1986:Fig. 30). Duhamel et al. (2010) synonymized Edentoliparis with Paraliparis on the basis of genetic data.

Notes

Published as part of Stein, David L., 2012, Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters 3285, pp. 1-120 in Zootaxa 3285 on page 107, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.283120

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CAML , NMNZ , R, V
Event date
1912-01-16 , 2008-02-15
Family
Liparidae
Genus
Paraliparis
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 1916.3 , TAN 0802
Order
Scorpaeniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Regan
Species
terraenovae
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1912-01-16 , 2008-02-15
Taxonomic concept label
Paraliparis terraenovae Regan, 1916 sec. Stein, 2012

References

  • Regan, C. T. (1916) Antarctic and subantarctic fishes. Annals and magazine of Natural History, 8 (18), 377 - 379.
  • Stein, D. L. & Tompkins, L. (1989) New species and new records of rare Antarctic Paraliparis fishes (Scorpaeniformes: Liparididae). Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 53, 1 - 8.
  • Duhamel, G., Hautecoeur, M., Dettai, A., Causse, R., Pruvost, P., Busson, F., Couloux, A., Koubbi, P., Williams, R., Ozouf- Costaz, C., & Nowara, G. (2010) Liparids from the eastern sector of Southern Ocean and first information from molecular studies. Cybium 2010, 34 (4), 319 - 343.
  • Andriashev, A. P. (1986) Review of the snailfish genus Paraliparis (Scorpaeniformes: Liparididae) of the Southern Ocean. Theses Zoologicae 7. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 204 pp.
  • Andriashev, A. P. (1990 c) Observations on the taxonomic status of the Antarctic species Paraliparis edentatus (Liparididae) and description of a new genus. Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 30 (2), 179 - 184. In Russian. English translation in Journal of Ichthyology, 30 (2), 60 - 66.
  • Andriashev, A. P. (2003) Liparid fishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of the Southern Ocean and adjacent waters. Biological Results of the Russian Antarctic Expeditions 9. Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas, (53) 61, 1 - 476.
  • Duhamel, G. (1992) Descriptions d'especes nouvelles de Careproctus et Paraliparis et donnees nouvelles sur ces genres et le genre Edentoliparis de l'ocean Austral (Cyclopteridae, Liparinae). Cybium 16 (3), 183 - 207.