Abstract
The first illustrated description of two larvae of the rare deep-water genus Lyconus from the North Pacific Ocean has been given. The studied specimens differ from the previously described larvae of L. pinnatus in complete and uniform pigmentation of the body. The new materials complement the existing ideas about the geographical distribution of representatives of the family Lyconidae – this is their first finding in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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The work was supported by the theme of state assignment no. FMWE-2021-0008; the article was written with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 19-14-00026.
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Bolshakova, Y.Y., Evseenko, S.A. First Finding of Larvae of an Undescribed Species of the Genus Lyconus (Lyconidae) in the North Pacific Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 63, 371–375 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945223020030
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