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Collected with a galvanized metal minnow trap where the bottom ws nearly flat, covered with fine grey sediment and occasional lava boulders (ca. 0.5 in diameter) in the vicinity of other large lava reefs. Temperature at depth was 8°C and there was a current of about 0.3 knot. Also observed at and near the locality were several pelagic holothurians (Pelagothuria nanatrix Ludwig), hagfishes (Eptatretus grouseri McMillan and E. wisneri McMillan), catsharks (Apristurus spp.), combtooth dogfish (Centroscyllium nigrum Garman), chimaeras (Hydrolagus spp.), witch eels (Facciolella equatorialis (Gilbert)), viperfish (Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider), grenadier (Nezumia loricata loricata (Garman)), cardinalfish (Epigonus merleni McCosker and Long), batfishes (Dibranchus erinaceus (Garman)), ateleopodids (Guentherus altivelis (Osório)), bythitids (Diplacanthopoma jordani (Garman)), and an undescribed scorpionfish (Phenacoscorpius sp.) (Ref. 55621).
(Ref. 55621). |