Новый вид белокровной щук из Южного океана

Abstract

 New fish species Chaenichthys velifer sp. n. from Antarctica differs from the relative Ch. rhinoceratus Richardson, 1844 in greater body height (its length contains the height less than 5 times), ray quantity and ID form, structure of the lower lateral row of bony plates and opercular spine, vertebra quantity, colour and pattern of drawing. These characters serve a basis of the identification key for the species of genus Chaenichthys. Ch. velifer inhabits the area near island Kergelen at depths to 150 m. Its food is fish and Cephalopoda.