Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Vol. 1

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First record of <i>Neocyttus helgae</i> (Pisces: Oreosomatidae) on the slope off Galicia (Northwest Spain)

“…Apart from the holotype of N. helgae (Holt and Byrne, 1908) from off the Irish coast, the other record of the species described was caught north of Madeira. Although it was first described as Crassispinus granulosus Maul (1948) and later as Neocyttus rhomboidalis, Alburquerque (1954Alburquerque ( -1956), reported differences between the sample from Madeira and other N. rhomboidalis samples described by other authors and suggested a revision of the specimen, that finally was identified as N. helgae by Wheeler (1973). Both records are the only ones listed in the review of the family Oreosomatidae in the Northeast Atlantic (Karrer, 1986).…”

Neocyttus psilorhynchus,a new oreosomatid (Pisces, Zeiformes) from southern Australia and New Zealand, with redescriptions of its congeners

“…Although the type of C. granulosus (MMF21668) was unavailable for loan, Manuel Biscoito (Museu Municipal do Funchal) kindly provided the authors with a colour transparency and radiograph. Examination of these were sufficient to confirm Wheeler's (1973) decision. Gilchrist, 1906 ( Fig.…”

“…It mostly agrees with the original description apart from the presence of teeth on the vomer ("vomer toothless" in Holt & Byrne 1908). Wheeler (1973) synonymised Crassispinus granulosus with N. helgae. Although the type of C. granulosus (MMF21668) was unavailable for loan, Manuel Biscoito (Museu Municipal do Funchal) kindly provided the authors with a colour transparency and radiograph.…”

“…Myers (1960) later corrected his mistake, suggesting that C. granulosus was a junior synonym ofTV. helgae; they were synonymised by Wheeler ( 1973).…”

The Behaviour of the Mediterranean Tripterygion Species (Pisces, Blennioidei)

“…Bibliography WHEELER (1973) gives a list of synonyms and references to the most important papers on morphology, ecology and distribution of the mediterranean Tripterygiidae. Table 1 adds all references to the biology of eastern-atlantic and mediterranean tripterygiids known to me and not given by WHEELER.…”