Abstract

ANGULO, Arturo; BUSSING, William A.  and  LOPEZ, Myrna I.. Occurrence of the tripodfish Bathypterois ventralis (Aulopiformes: Ipnopidae) in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2015, vol.86, n.2, pp.546-549. ISSN 2007-8706.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmb.2015.04.025.

Between 1990 and 1992, 2 adult specimens of the ventrad spiderfish, Bathypterois ventralis Garman 1899, were collected at depths between 637 and 880 m off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. These specimens constitute the first record of the species, the genus, and the family in Costa Rican waters. A brief description of specimens, as well as comparative morphometric data and distributional information are provided and discussed herein.

Keywords : First record; Spiderfishes; Central America; Eastern Pacific.

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