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A new species Melanostigma lazarevi sp. n. is described from the D’Urville Sea (Southern Ocean). This species differs from the other species of the genus Melanostigma in an original combination of the characters, particular, in the structure of the lateral line system on the head (interruption in supratemporal commissure with the loss of medial segments, absence of pores and the presence of two (instead one) segments in the temporal canal), coloration and some meristic characters of the axial skeleton.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We are grateful to V.P. Cheblukov (Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography) for sampling the material and V.I. Shpak and V.V. Zhuk (Perm State National Research University) for providing and transporting the collection of Antarctic fish collected during expeditions of TINRO in the 1980s from Vladivostok to Saint Petersburg. We also thank S.A. Evseenko (Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences) for discussion and valuable comments on the manuscript.
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This work was performed within the framework of a state assignment, project no. АААА-А19-119020790033-9.
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Orlovskaya, M.V., Balushkin, A.V. Description of a New Species of Pelagic Eelpout Melanostigma lazarevi sp. nova (Zoarcidae) from the D’Urville Sea (Southern Ocean). J. Ichthyol. 60, 681–688 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945220050033
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