A southernmost record of the Pacific black scabbardfish Aphanopus arigato (Scombriformes, Trichiuridae) from the South China Sea
Journal
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Journal Volume
105
ISSN
0025-3154
1469-7769
Date Issued
2025-01-25
Author(s)
Abstract
In this study, a single specimen of Pacific black scabbardfish Aphanopus arigato Parin, 1994 was collected at a depth of ∼500 m near Dongsha Island in southwestern Taiwan (18°49′ to 20°45′N and 112°46′ to 116°15′E), on 14 March 2023. This is the southernmost record of A. arigato, with a significantly wide range extension from northern Japan, and southern Kuril Islands to the South China Sea. We also provide comparisons of the morphological measurements, first description of sagittae otoliths, and a partial sequence of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene for the specimen studied in this study. Copyright
Subjects
deep-sea fish
Dongsha Island
new record
otolith
range expansion
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Description
Article number e3
Type
journal article