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New record of Malthopsis gnoma (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) in the southern Gulf of Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2014

Daniel Sepúlveda ,
Eduardo Villalobos  and
Héctor Espinosa
Daniel Sepúlveda
Affiliation:
Colección Nacional de Peces, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 3er Cto, Exterior s/n México 04510 DF
Eduardo Villalobos
Affiliation:
Colección Nacional de Peces, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 3er Cto, Exterior s/n México 04510 DF
Héctor Espinosa*
Affiliation:
Colección Nacional de Peces, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 3er Cto, Exterior s/n México 04510 DF
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: H. Espinosa, Colección Nacional de Peces, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-153, México, DF 04510 email: hector@unam.mx
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Abstract

A specimen of Malthopsis gnoma was collected at 154 m on the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico in 2003. This constitutes the second record of this species for Mexican waters and the first for the southern Gulf of Mexico.

Keywords

new recordGulf of MexicoMalthopsis gnoma
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e19
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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