First record of Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1836 (Polymixiidae) for Eastern Central Atlantic, São Tomé Island

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  • Dec, 2017

Almeida, A.J. & Alves, M.J. (2017) First record of Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1836 (Polymixiidae) for Eastern Central Atlantic, São Tomé Island.

Cybium, 41(3), 293-294. DOI:10.26028/cybium/2017-413-007 (IF2017 0,346; Q4 Zoology)
Summary:

One specimen of Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1836, (SL = 291 mm) was bought from local fishermen in 1955, who caught it with a bottom line off the north-eastern coast of São Tomé Island. This is the first record of this species for Eastern Central Atlantic (São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic Ocean).


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Team

  • First record of Polymixia nobilis Lowe, 1836 (Polymixiidae) for Eastern Central Atlantic, São Tomé Island Maria Judite Silva Cardoso Alves Animal Biodiversity, Evolution and Systematics