Results of the research cruises of FVR 'Walther Herwig' to South America. LXXIV. Benthobatis kreffti n. sp. (Chondrichthyes, Torpendiniformes, Narcinidae), a new deep-water electric ray from off South Brazil and the thrid species of the genus

dc.contributor.authorRincon, G. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorStehmann, M. F.W. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorVooren, C. M. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T19:55:06Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T19:55:06Z
dc.date.issued2001-01-01
dc.description.abstractBenthobatis kreffti n. sp. is d̀escribed as the third species of this genus of blind deep-water electric rays, based on 150 specimens taken from the continental slope off South Brazil. The new species is the smallest within the genus (TL less than 300 mm) and is compared with both congeners, B. marcida from the north-western Atlantic and B. moresbyi from the northern Indian Ocean. B. kreffti is characterised beyond its small size mainly by plain dark colouration dorsally and a white underside, with dark margins of disc and pelvics, as well as by totally degenerated eyes almost no longer visible externally. The new species is diagnosed further by very low tooth counts of 9 to 13 rows and lack of folds, keels or ridges on sides of tail.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Instituto Biociencias Rio Claro Departamento de Ecologia, Av. 24-A no. 1515 Caixa Postal 199, Rio Claro-SP, CEP-13506-900
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Instituto Biociencias Rio Claro Departamento de Ecologia, Av. 24-A no. 1515 Caixa Postal 199, Rio Claro-SP, CEP-13506-900
dc.format.extent45-60
dc.identifier.citationArchive of Fishery and Marine Research, v. 49, n. 1, p. 45-60, 2001.
dc.identifier.issn0944-1921
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0034846228
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/224197
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofArchive of Fishery and Marine Research
dc.sourceScopus
dc.titleResults of the research cruises of FVR 'Walther Herwig' to South America. LXXIV. Benthobatis kreffti n. sp. (Chondrichthyes, Torpendiniformes, Narcinidae), a new deep-water electric ray from off South Brazil and the thrid species of the genusen
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