Abstract
Illustrated descriptions of the larval and/or prejuvenile fish of the following scarcely studied species are given: Gonichthys barnesi, Lampadena chavesi, Lampanyctus australis, L. festivus, Nannobrachium sp. 1, Loweina interrupta (Myctophidae), Bathygadus cottoides (Bathygadinae), Penthericthys atratus (Oneirodidae), and Chiasmodon sp. (Chiasmodontidae). Problems of identifying early development stages of these taxa are considered.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
Becker, V.E., Miktofovye ryby Mirovogo okeana (Lanternfishes of the World Ocean), Moscow: Nauka, 1983.
Bertelsen, E., The ceratioid fishes: ontogeny, taxonomy, distribution, and biology, Dana Rep. 1951, vol. 39, pp. 1–276.
Bolshakova, Ya.Yu. and Evseenko, S.A., Larvae of the lanternfish Lampanyctus intricarius (Myctophidae) from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, J. Ichthyol., 2015, vol. 55, no. 4, pp 596–600.
Brownell, C.L., Stages in the early development of 40 marine fish species with pelagic eggs from the Cape of Good Hope, Ichthiol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol., 1979, vol. 40, pp. 1–84.
Evseenko, S.A., Ichthyoplankton of slope and Gulf Stream waters off Nova Scotia in late autumn 1974, J. Northw. Atl. Fish Sci., 1982, vol. 3, pp. 127–139.
Evseenko, S.A., Composition and distribution of fish plankton, in Pacific Subantarctic Ecosystems, Vinogradov, M.E. and Flint, M.V., Eds., Wellington: N. Z. Transl. Centre, 1988, pp. 154–160.
Evseenko, S.A., John, H.-C., Klenz, B., and Zelck, C., Variability in larvae of genus Loweina, with descriptions of larval Loweina interrupta (Taaning, 1928) and Loweina terminata Bekker, 1964 (Teleostei, Myctophidae), Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst., 1998, vol. 95, pp. 179–196.
Fahay, M.P. and Markle, D.F., Gadiformes: development and relationships, in Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes, Moser, H.G., Ed., Lawrence: Allen, 1984, pp. 265–283.
Gordina, A.D., Ikhtioplankton okeanicheskikh podnyatii Atlanticheskogo i Indiiskogo okeanov (Ichthyoplankton of Ocean Rises in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans), Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 1991.
Hardy, J.D., Development of Fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight: An Atlas of Egg, Larval, and Juvenile Stages, Vol. 3: Aphredoderidae through Rachycentridae, Washington, DC: US Fish Wildl. Serv., 1978.
Hulley, P.A., Results of the research cruises of FRV Walther Herwig to South America. LVIII. Family Myctophidae (Osteichthyes, Myctophiformes), Arch. Fischereiwiss., 1981, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 1–303.
Iwamoto, T. and Anderson, M.E., Review of the grenadiers (Teleostei: Gadiformes) of southern Africa, with descriptions of four new species, Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol., 1994, vol. 61, pp. 1–28.
Kobyliansky, S.G., Orlov, A.M., and Gordeeva, N.V., Composition of deepsea pelagic ichthyocenes of the Southern Atlantic, from waters of the range of the Mid-Atlantic and Walvis ridges, J. Ichthyol., 2010, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 932–949.
Matsuura, Y. and Olivar, M.-P., Fish larvae, in South Atlantic Zooplankton, Boltovskoy, D., Ed., Leiden: Backhuys, 1999, pp. 1445–1496.
Melo, M.R.S., Revision of the genus Chiasmodon (Acanthomorpha: Chiasmodontidae), with the description of two new species, Copeia, 2009, no. 3, pp. 583–608.
Moser, H.G. and Ahlstrom, E.H., Role of larval stages in systematic investigations of marine teleosts: the Myctophidae, a case study, Fish. Bull. U.S., 1974, vol. 72, pp. 391–413.
Moser, H.G., Ahlstrom, E.H., and Paxton, J.R., Myctophidae: development, in Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes, Moser, H.G., Ed., Lawrence: Allen, 1984, pp. 218–239
Moser, H.G. and Watson, W., Preliminary Guide to the Identification of the Early Life History Stages of Myctophiform Fishes from the Western Central Atlantic, NOAA Tech. Mem. NMFS-SEFSC-453, Miami, FL: Southeast Fish. Sci. Center, 2001.
Olivar, M.-P., Ichthyoplankton assemblages off northern Namibia, S. Afric. J. Mar. Sci., 1987, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 627–643.
Olivar, M.-P., Planktonic stages of lanternfishes (Osteichthyes, Myctophidae) in the Benguela upwelling region, Invest. Pesq., 1988, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 387–420.
Olivar, M.-P. and Beckley, L.E., Larval development of Lampanyctus species (Pisces: Myctophidae) from the SW Indian Ocean, and species groups based on larval characters, Bull. Mar. Sci., 1997, vol. 60, pp. 47–65.
Olivar, M.-P. and Fortuño, J.M., Guide to the ichthyoplankton of the Southeast Atlantic (Benguela Current region), Sci. Mar., 1991, vol. 55, pp. 1–383.
Olivar, M.-P., Moser, H.G., and Beckley, L.E., Lanternfish larvae from the Agulhas Current (SW Indian Ocean), Sci. Mar., 1999, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 101–120.
Olivar, M.-P. and Rubiés, P., Ictioplancton de la costa sur de Namibia (Walvis Bay–Orange River) en julio de 1983 (Campaña Benguela V), Coll. Sci. Pap. Int. Comm. SE. Atlant. Fish., 1985, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 85–97.
Pakhorukov, N.P., Deepwater near-bottom fishes form the Whale Ridge and adjacent regions, in Ryby otkrytogo okeana (Fishes of the Open Ocean), Parin, N.V., Ed., Moscow: Inst. Okeanol., Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1980, pp. 19–31.
Pakhorukov, N.P., Composition and vertical distribution of near-bottom fauna of the Whale Ridge, II Vses. s″ezd okeanologov “Biologiya okeana” (The IIAll-Union Congr. of Oceanologists “Biology of the Ocean”), Sevastopol: Morsk. Gidrofiz. Inst., UkrSSR, 1982, no. 6, pp. 52–53.
Pakhorukov, N.P. and Parin, N.V., Visual observations of fish at the Whale Ridge (Atlantic Ocean) from the Sever-2 manned underwater vehicle, J. Ichthyol., 2012, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 579–591.
Pertseva-Ostroumova, T.A., Some structural features of fish larvae (family Myctophidae), Tr. Inst. Okeanol., Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1964, vol. 73, pp. 76–93.
Pertseva-Ostroumova, T.A., New data on the lanternfish larvae (Myctophidae, Osteichthyes) with oval eyes from Pacific and Indian oceans, Tr. Inst. Okeanol., Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1974, vol. 96, pp. 77–142.
Pietsch, T.W., Oceanic Anglerfishes: Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea, Los Angeles: Univ. Calif. Press, 2009.
Prokofiev, A.M., Critical analysis of results of the revision of the genus Chiasmodon made by M.R.S. Melo (2009) and a characteristic of new form C. niger-complex from the Indian Ocean (Perciformes: Chaismodontidae), J. Ichthyol., 2010, vol. 50, no. 7, pp. 503–511.
Prokofiev, A.M. and Kukuev, E.I., Systematics and distribution of black swallowers of the genus Chiasmodon (Perciformes: Chiasmodontidae), J. Ichthyol., 2009, vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 899–939.
Roule, L. and Angel, F., Larves et alevins de poissons provenant des croisières du Prince Albert I de Monaco, in Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies du Prince de Monaco, Monaco: Impr. Monaco, 1930.
Tåning, A.V., Mediterranean Scopelidae (Saurus, Aulopus, Chlorophthalmus and Myctophum), Rep. Danish Oceanogr. Exped. 1908–1910, 1918, vol. 2, no. 7.
Trunov, I.A., Ichthyofauna of submerged Valdivia Bank (southeastern Atlantic), Byull. Mosk. O-va. Ispyt. Prir., Otd. Biol., 1981, vol. 86, no. 5, p. 51.
Watson, W. and Sandknop, E.M., Chiasmodontidae, in The Early Stages of Fishes in the California Current Region, CalCOFI Atlas No. 33, Moser, H.G., Ed., Lawrence: Allen, 1996, pp. 1131–1137.
Wisner, R.L., The Taxonomy and Distribution of Lanternfishes (family Myctophidae) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, San Diego: Univ. Calif., 1976.
Zahuranec, B.J., Zoogeography and systematics of the lanternfishes of the genus Nannobrachium (Myctophidae: Lampanyctini), Smithsonian Contrib. Zool., 2000, vol. 607.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Original Russian Text © Ya.Yu. Bolshakova, S.A. Evseenko, 2016, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2016, Vol. 56, No. 6, pp. 685–697.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Bolshakova, Y.Y., Evseenko, S.A. On the species composition of ichthyoplankton of the Walvis Ridge (South Atlantic). J. Ichthyol. 56, 848–860 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945216060035
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945216060035