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The deep-sea fish Kali macrodon: a new record for the tropical eastern Atlantic off Cape Verde

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2013

Rui Pedro Vieira ,
Ralf Thiel ,
Bernd Christiansen ,
Rui Coelho ,
Anneke Denda  and
Jorge Manuel Dos Santos Gonçalves
Rui Pedro Vieira*
Affiliation:
CCMAR—Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Ralf Thiel
Affiliation:
University of Hamburg, Biocenter Grindel and Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Bernd Christiansen
Affiliation:
University of Hamburg, Institut für Hydrobiologie und Fischereiwissenschaft, Große Elbstraße 133, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
Rui Coelho
Affiliation:
CCMAR—Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Anneke Denda
Affiliation:
University of Hamburg, Institut für Hydrobiologie und Fischereiwissenschaft, Große Elbstraße 133, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
Jorge Manuel Dos Santos Gonçalves
Affiliation:
CCMAR—Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R.P. Vieira, CESAM & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal emails: r.vieira87@gmail.com/rpvieira@ua.pt
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Abstract

A new deep-sea fish is reported for the tropical eastern Atlantic. The rare chiasmodontid Kali macrodon was caught for the first time in Cape Verdean waters during an oceanographic survey in September 2009. This record provides the fifth occurrence for the species in the north-eastern Atlantic and represents the third specimen ever caught in tropical waters.

Keywords

Kali macrodonChiasmodontidaeSenghor SeamountCape Verde

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e4
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013

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Present address: CESAM & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

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