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1 August 2015 First Records and Range Extensions of Deep-Sea Anglerfishes (Families: Oneirodidae, Melanocetidae, Ceratiidae) in British Columbia, Canada
J Weil
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Abstract

Deep-sea anglerfishes were taken in trawls between 1999 and 2006. The 3 most commonly encountered species, Oneirodes thompsoni, O. bulbosus and Chaenophryne melanorhabdus, were known already from British Columbia waters, and here we report significant range extensions for these 3 species. Ceratias holboelli also had been reported from British Columbia, but until now, no specific collection localities had been published. In addition, 3 oneirodids (Oneirodes eschrichtii, O. acanthias and Chaenophryne longiceps), Melanocetus johnsonii (Melanocetidae), and Cryptopsaras couesii (Ceratiidae) are reported for the 1st time from British Columbia.

J Weil "First Records and Range Extensions of Deep-Sea Anglerfishes (Families: Oneirodidae, Melanocetidae, Ceratiidae) in British Columbia, Canada," Northwestern Naturalist 96(2), 133-142, (1 August 2015). https://doi.org/10.1898/1051-1733-96.2.133
Received: 31 July 2014; Accepted: 20 November 2014; Published: 1 August 2015
KEYWORDS
Ceratias
Ceratiidae
Chaenophryne
Cryptopsaras
Melanocetidae
Melanocetus
new records
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