ARQUIPELAGO Life and Marine Sciences SCOPE ARQUIPELAGO - Life and Marine Sciences, publishes annually original scientific articles, short communications and reviews on the terrestrial and marine environment of Atlantic oceanic islands and seamounts. PUBLISHER University of the Azores Rua da Mãe de Deus, 13A PT – 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. EDITOR Helen Rost Martins Phone: + 351 292 200 400 / 428 - Fax: +351 292 200 411 E-mail: [email protected] GUEST EDITOR FOR SUPPLEMENT 10 Odd Aksel Bergstad E-mail: [email protected] INTERNET RESOURCES http://www.arquipelago.info Journal information, instructions to authors; free access to all papers. FINANCIAL SUPPORT The Census of Marine Life project MAR-ECO, 2001-2010 EDITORIAL SECRETARIAT Helen R. Martins, Ruth Higgins, José Gomes Pereira, Paula Lourinho, Emmanuel Arand. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Paulo A.V. Borges, Angra do Heroísmo; José M.N. Azevedo, Ponta Delgada; João M. Gonçalves, Horta. ADVISORY BOARD Miguel A. Alcaraz, Barcelona, Spain; Alan B. Bolten, Florida, USA; António B. de Sousa, Lisboa, Portugal; Richard D.M. Nash, Bergen, Norway; Erik Sjögren, Uppsala, Sweden; Charles H.J.M. Fransen, Leiden, Netherlands; George R. Sedberry, Georgia, USA; Hanno Schäfer, Munich, Germany; Tony Pitcher, Vancouver, Canada; João Canning Clode, Funchal, Portugal; Louise Allcock, Ireland. Indexed in: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS Previews, Zoological Record, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Web of Science. Cover design: Emmanuel Arand. Photo: Anoplogaster cornuta – David Shale. Fishes of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge collected during the MAR-ECO cruise in June-July 2004 An Annotated Checklist Filipe Porteiro, Tracey Sutton, Ingvar Byrkjedal, Alexei Orlov, Mikko Heino, Gui Menezes & Odd Aksel Bergstad Contents Abstract ………………………………………………………………………………. 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 2 Material and Methods .................................................................................................... 4 Checklist of Fishes from the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge ........................................ 10 Chondrichthyes ............................................................................................................ 10 Chimaeriformes ....................................................................................................... 10 Chimaeridae ......................................................................................................... 10 Rhinochimaeridae ................................................................................................ 11 Carcharhiniformes ................................................................................................... 11 Pseudotriakidae .................................................................................................... 11 Pentanchidae ........................................................................................................ 11 Carcharhinidae ..................................................................................................... 12 Squaliformes ............................................................................................................ 13 Centrophoridae ..................................................................................................... 13 Somniosidae ......................................................................................................... 13 Etmopteridae ........................................................................................................ 15 Rajiformes ................................................................................................................ 15 Rajidae ................................................................................................................. 15 Arhynchobatidae .................................................................................................. 16 Actinopterygii .............................................................................................................. 17 Notacanthiformes ..................................................................................................... 17 Halosauridae ........................................................................................................ 17 Notacanthidae ...................................................................................................... 17 Anguilliformes ......................................................................................................... 18 Synaphobranchidae .............................................................................................. 18 Derichthyidae ....................................................................................................... 19 Nemichthyidae ..................................................................................................... 20 Serrivomeridae ..................................................................................................... 21 Saccopharyngiformes ............................................................................................... 22 Eurypharyngidae .................................................................................................. 22 Saccopharyngidae ................................................................................................ 22 Osmeriformes ........................................................................................................... 23 Bathylagidae ........................................................................................................ 23 Microstomatidae .................................................................................................. 24 Opisthoproctidae .................................................................................................. 25 Alepocephalidae ................................................................................................... 26 Leptochilithyidae ................................................................................................. 33 Platytroctidae ....................................................................................................... 33 Stomiiformes ............................................................................................................ 36 i Checklist of Fishes from the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Gonostomatidae .................................................................................................... 36 Phosichthyidae ...................................................................................................... 39 Sternoptychidae .................................................................................................... 40 Stomiidae .............................................................................................................. 43 Aulopiformes ............................................................................................................ 50 Scopelarchidae ...................................................................................................... 50 Notosudidae .......................................................................................................... 51 Anotopteridae ....................................................................................................... 52 Paralepididae ........................................................................................................ 52 Evermannellidae ................................................................................................... 54 Alepisauridae ........................................................................................................ 54 Omosudidae .......................................................................................................... 55 Bathysauridae ....................................................................................................... 55 Ipnopidae .............................................................................................................. 56 Myctophiformes ....................................................................................................... 57 Myctophidae ......................................................................................................... 57 Ophidiiformes ........................................................................................................... 70 Ophidiidae ............................................................................................................ 70 Bythitidae ............................................................................................................. 72 Aphyonidae ........................................................................................................... 72 Gadiformes ............................................................................................................... 72 Macrouridae .......................................................................................................... 72 Merluccidae .......................................................................................................... 78 Moridae ................................................................................................................. 78 Melanonidae ......................................................................................................... 80 Lotidae .................................................................................................................