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A southernmost record of the Pacific black scabbardfish Aphanopus arigato (Scombriformes, Trichiuridae) from the South China Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2025

Yen-Ting Lin Open the ORCID record for Yen-Ting Lin [Opens in a new window] ,
Chien-Hsiang Lin  and
Yu-San Han
Yen-Ting Lin
Affiliation:
Institute of Fisheries Science, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Chien-Hsiang Lin
Affiliation:
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Yu-San Han*
Affiliation:
Institute of Fisheries Science, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Corresponding author: Yu-San Han; Email: yshan@ntu.edu.tw
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Abstract

In this study, a single specimen of Pacific black scabbardfish Aphanopus arigato Parin, 1994 was collected at a depth of ~500 m near Dongsha Island in southwestern Taiwan (18°49′ to 20°45′N and 112°46′ to 116°15′E), on 14 March 2023. This is the southernmost record of A. arigato, with a significantly wide range extension from northern Japan, and southern Kuril Islands to the South China Sea. We also provide comparisons of the morphological measurements, first description of sagittae otoliths, and a partial sequence of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene for the specimen studied in this study.

Keywords

deep-sea fishDongsha Islandnew recordotolithrange expansion
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Marine Record
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 105 , 2025 , e3
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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