gracilis; together with two species of cephalopods not identified yet, and one Congridae (Fig.
1 0.11 0.01 Colocongridae Coloconger meadi 13 1.45 0.09 Congridae Conger esculentus 2 0.22 0.02 Conger sp.
Diagnosis: A relatively slender species of Heteroconger (Congridae) with dorsal-fin origin anterior to gill opening, pterygoid teeth present, body depth at gill opening 28.8-35.2 percent of HL, 62-71 (mean = 65) preanal vertebrae, 204-213 (mean =207.4) total vertebrae, 63-69 preanal lateral-line pores, and body colouration consisting of zebra-like black and white barring on head grading to complex black and white maze pattern on body.
Four new garden eels (Congridae, Heterocongrinae) from the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Squatinidae Argentine conger Conger orbignianus,
Congridae Myrophis punctatus, Ophichthidae Raneya brasiliensis Ophidiidae Argentine croaker Umbrina canosai Sciaenidae Argentine goatfish Mullus argentinae Mullidae Argentine hake Merluccius hubbsi Phycidae Argentine red shrimp Pleoticus muelleri Penaeidae Argentine stiletto Artemesia longinaris Penaeidae shrimp Atlantic bigeye Priacanthus arenatus Priacantidae Banded croaker Paralonchurus brasiliensis Sciaenidae Blue runner Caranx crysos Carangidae Bluewing searobin Prionotus punctatus Triglidae Brazilian codling Urophycis brasiliensis Phycidae Brazilian flathead Percophis brasiliensis Percophidae Codling Urophycis mystacea Phycidae Comb grouper Mycteroperca bonaci, M.
Congridae y Eucinostomus gracilis) y crustaceos (Fam.
Seven fish species are reported for the first time from associated bottom samples between 120 and 630 m deep, from Guajira and Magdalena Departments, Colombian Caribbean: Holosanridae (Holosaurus ovenii Johnson, 1863),
Congridae (Xenomystas austrinus Smith & Kanasawa, 1989; 430 mm st.l., 150-180 m depth), Chloropthalmidae (Bathypterois viridensis Roule, 1916; 150 mm st.l., 250-288 m depth), Macrouridae (Nezumia sullai Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973; 230 mm st.l., 300-344 m depth), Ogcocephalidae (Dibranchus atlanticus Peters; 71-89 mm st.l., 300-582 m depth), Scorpaenidae (Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862; 102 mm st.l., 300-630 m depth) and, Triglidae (Peristeiodon truncatum Gunther, 1880; 135-145 mm st.l., 280-344 m depth).
Spawning of Conger oceanicus and Conger triporiceps (
Congridae) in the Sargasso Sea and subsequent distribution of leptocephali.
Seven fish species associated to the bottom from 120 and 630 m deep are reported for the first time from Guajira and Magdalena Departments, Colombian Caribbean: Holosauridae (Holosaurus ovenii Johnson, 1863),
Congridae (Xenomystas austrinus Smith and Kanasawa, 1989; 430 mm st.l, 150-180 m depth), Chloropthalmidae (Bathypterois viridensis Roule, 1916; 150 mm st.l., 250-288 m depth), Macrouridae (Nezumia sullai Marshall and Iwamoto, 1973; 230 mm st.l, 300-344 m depth), Ogcocephalidae (Dibranchus atlanticus Peters; 71-89 mm st.l., 300-582 m depth), Scorpaenidae (Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862; Johnson, 1862: 102 mm st.l, 300-630 m depth), and Triglidae (Peristeiodon truncatum Gunther, 1880; 135-145 mm st.l., 280-344 m depth).
Familia Especie n f OPHICHTHIDAE Myrophis vafer 1 4,5 Ophichthus zophochir 1 4,5
CONGRIDAE Chiloconger cf.
La mayoria de las especies endemicas pertenecen a Macrouridae (9 spp.) y Moriidae (6 spp.), mientras que las familias representadas solo por especies endemicas son: Torpedinidae, Ophichthidae, Nettastomatidae,
Congridae, Argentinidae, Photichthyidae, Sternoptychidae, Aulopidae, Gadidae, Chaunacidae, Ogcocephalidae, Polymixiidae, Pentacerotidae, Percophidae.