FB-70554 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70554 Animalia Chordata Myxini Myxiniformes Myxinidae Eptatretus Eptatretus fudgei Fernholm & Mincarone, 2023 Barbudo Ferrinho Trilha-branca Brazilian beardfish 2024-03-21 2024-03-21 Caixeta, H. de C., Oliveira, C. and M.R.S. de Melo0 Another piece of the living fossil puzzle: A new species of <i>Polymixia</i> Lowe, 1836 (Polymixiiformes: Polymixiidae) from the western South Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 205:e104249:1-14. (Ref. 130894) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70567 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-23 00:00:00 2024-04-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70567 This species is distinguished by having the following characters: gill rakers on first gill arch 19-24; with main shaft of the first anal-fin proximal radial strongly arched; anterior process of the first anal-fin proximal radial elongated, about half length of the main shaft; pyloric caeca completely absent or numbering 46-71; spinoid scales with spines arranged in vertical rows; D 26-28 (rarely 22); postero-ventral edge of preopercle rounded; mature specimens with pigmentation of anal, dorsal and caudal fins inconspicuous, lacking a markedly darker margin (Ref. 130894). Caixeta, H. de C., Oliveira, C. and M.R.S. de Melo 2024 Another piece of the living fossil puzzle: A new species of <i>Polymixia</i> Lowe, 1836 (Polymixiiformes: Polymixiidae) from the western South Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 205:e104249:1-14. (Ref. 130894) FB-Morphology-70567 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-23 00:00:00 2024-04-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70567 Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 28; Analspines: 4; Analsoft rays: 13 - 15; Vertebrae: 28 Caixeta, H. de C., Oliveira, C. and M.R.S. de Melo 2024 Another piece of the living fossil puzzle: A new species of <i>Polymixia</i> Lowe, 1836 (Polymixiiformes: Polymixiidae) from the western South Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 205:e104249:1-14. (Ref. 130894) FB-Distribution-70567 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-23 00:00:00 2024-04-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70567 Southwestern Atlantic: Brazil and Uruguay. Caixeta, H. de C., Oliveira, C. and M.R.S. de Melo 2024 Another piece of the living fossil puzzle: A new species of <i>Polymixia</i> Lowe, 1836 (Polymixiiformes: Polymixiidae) from the western South Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 205:e104249:1-14. (Ref. 130894) FB-Uses-70567 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-23 00:00:00 2024-04-23 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70567 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70567 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-23 00:00:00 2024-04-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70567 20.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 130894)) Caixeta, H. de C., Oliveira, C. and M.R.S. de Melo 2024 Another piece of the living fossil puzzle: A new species of <i>Polymixia</i> Lowe, 1836 (Polymixiiformes: Polymixiidae) from the western South Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 205:e104249:1-14. (Ref. 130894) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70567 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-23 00:00:00 2024-04-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70567 benthopelagic; marine; depth range 160 - 600 m (Ref. 130894) Caixeta, H. de C., Oliveira, C. and M.R.S. de Melo 2024 Another piece of the living fossil puzzle: A new species of <i>Polymixia</i> Lowe, 1836 (Polymixiiformes: Polymixiidae) from the western South Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 205:e104249:1-14. (Ref. 130894)