Check List 20(3): 641-645, doi: 10.15560/20.3.641
First record of the deep-sea anglerfish Ceratias uranoscopus Murray, 1877 (Lophiiformes, Ceratiidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean
expand article infoPablo Rojas-Rodríguez‡§, Naidely Vidaurre-Quesada‡§, Arturo Angulo‡§
‡ Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica§ ICtioCR, San José, Costa Rica

Corresponding author: Arturo Angulo ( arturo.angulosibaja@ucr.ac.cr )

Academic editor: Paramasivam Kodeeswaran
© Pablo Rojas-Rodríguez, Naidely Vidaurre-Quesada, Arturo Angulo.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication.
Citation: Rojas-Rodríguez P, Vidaurre-Quesada N, Angulo A (2024) First record of the deep-sea anglerfish Ceratias uranoscopus Murray, 1877 (Lophiiformes, Ceratiidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. Check List 20(3): 641-645. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.3.641
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Abstract
n 1973, a specimen of the deep‑sea anglerfish Ceratias uranoscopus Murray, 1877 was collected at a depth of 1000 m off the Pacific coast of Panama. This specimen represents (1) the first verified occurrence record of this species and genus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean and (2) an extension of about 7000 km east on this species’ previously known distribution. In this contribution, we provide and discuss unpublished and comparative morphometric, meristic, and occurrence data, corroborating the identity of the specimen and species and validating the new geographic range.
Keywords
New record, Stargazing Seadevil, bathypelagic, Panamá, Central America