Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Description of a new genus and species of zoarcid fish, Bellingshausenia olasoi, from the Bellingshausen Sea (Southern Ocean)

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Polar Biology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

A new genus and species of zoarcid fish, Bellingshausenia olasoi, is described on the basis of five specimens collected from the Bellingshausen Sea, Southern Ocean, at depths of 602–615 m. Bellingshausenia is a lycodine that can be distinguished from all other zoarcid genera by the following combination of characters: seven branchiostegal rays, scapular foramen open, cranium narrowed, smooth ceratohyal-epihyal articulation, palatal arch well developed, supratemporal commissure and occipital pores absent, intercalar reduced and displaced backward and parasphenoid wing high. The relationships of the new genus are discussed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Anderson ME (1982) Revision of the fish genera Gymnelus Reinhardt and Gymnelopsis Soldatov (Zoarcidae), with two new species and comparative osteology of Gymnelus viridis. Natl Mus Nat Sci Publ Zool 17:1–76

    Google Scholar 

  • Anderson ME (1994) Systematics and osteology of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). JLB Smith Inst Ichthyol Ichthyol Bull 60:1–120

    Google Scholar 

  • Anderson ME (2006) Studies on the Zoarcidae of the Southern hemisphere. X. New records from western Antarctica. Zootaxa 1110:1–15

    Google Scholar 

  • Anderson ME, Hubbs CL (1981) Redescription and osteology of the Northeastern Pacific fish Derepodichthys alepidotus (Zoarcidae). Copeia 2:341–352. doi:10.2307/1444223

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Anderson ME, Gosztonyi AE (1991) Studies on the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the southern hemisphere. IV. New records and a new species from the Magellan Province of South America. JLB Smith Inst Ichthyol Ichthyol Bull 55:1–16

    Google Scholar 

  • Anderson ME, Fedorov VV (2004) Family Zoarcidae Swainson 1839, eelpouts. Cal Acad Sci Annot Checkl Fish 34:1–58

    Google Scholar 

  • Andriashev AP (1965) A general review of Antarctic fish fauna. In: van Oye P, van Mieghen J (eds) Biogeography and ecology in Antarctica. Monogr biol junk, vol 15. The Hague, pp 491–550

  • Eastman JT (2005) The nature of the diversity of Antarctic fishes. Polar Biol 28:93–107. doi:10.1007/s00300-004-0667-4

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gosztonyi A (1977) Results of the research cruises of FRV “Walter Herwig” to South America. XLVIII. Revision of the South American Zoarcidae (Osteichthyes, Blennioidei) with the description of three new genera and five new species. Arch Fisch Wiss 27:191–249

    Google Scholar 

  • Gosztonyi A (1988) The intercalar bone in the eelpout Family Zoarcidae (Osteichthyes). Zool Anz 3–4:134–144

    Google Scholar 

  • Matallanas J (2008) Description of Gosztonyia antarctica, a new genus and species of Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the Antarctic Ocean. Polar Biol. doi:10.1007/s00300-008-0496-y

  • Matallanas J, Olaso I (2007) Fishes of the Bellingshausen Sea and Peter I Island. Polar Biol 30:333–341. doi:10.1007/s00300-006-0189-3

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • McAllister DE (1968) Evolution of branchiostegals and classification of Teleostome fishes. Nat Mus Can 221:1–239

    Google Scholar 

  • Moeller PR, Stewart AL (2006) Two new species of eelpouts (Teleostei, Zoarcidae) of the genus Seleniolycus from the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Zootaxa 1376:53–67

    Google Scholar 

  • Regan CT (1914) Fishes. British Antarctic (“Terra Nova”) expedition. Nat Hist Rep Zool I:1–54

    Google Scholar 

  • Voskoboinikova OS, Laius DL (2003) Osteological development of European eelpout Zoarces viviparus (Zoarcidae). J Ichthyol 43:646–659

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

I thank the scientific team, the captain, the crew and the UTM technicians of the B·I.O. HESPÉRIDES for their help during the BENTART-03 cruise, from which the specimens were captured. Special thanks to José Castro “Córdoba” for his expertise in fishing with the traps, and to Dr. Ignacio Olaso for helping me on board with the collection of the type specimens. I am also grateful to Carmen Benito (manageress, Servei de Radioisòtops, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain) for the X-rays and to Jordi Corbera for the illustrations. I thank my daughter Muriel for the English revision of the manuscript. The manuscript also benefited from the constructive criticism by the referees (Dr. M. Eric Anderson, Dr. Atila Esteban Gosztonyi, and a third anonymous referee). The BENTART-03 cruise was supported by the Spanish Antarctic Programme (CICYT). This study was supported by a personal grant from the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain: “Estudio taxonómico de los Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) del Mar de Bellingshausen (Océano Antártico)” (CLG2007-28861-E/ANT).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Grupo de Biodiversidad Animal, Unidad de Zoología, Facultad de Biociencias, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

    J. Matallanas

Authors
  1. J. Matallanas
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to J. Matallanas.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Matallanas, J. Description of a new genus and species of zoarcid fish, Bellingshausenia olasoi, from the Bellingshausen Sea (Southern Ocean). Polar Biol 32, 873–878 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0588-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0588-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation