. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF THE TELEOST FAMILY CARAPIDAE 291 imherbe, is that now termed Carapus acus. The other, Ophidium dentatum Cuvier, 1817, was said to differ from the first and more common species only by the presence of " deux dents en crochets ", a character which barely constitutes a recognizable description. Kaup (1856a) examined a number of specimens of 0. dentatum, at that time preserved in the Paris Museum, and concluded that Cuvier's Mediterranean and Thompson's Atlantic fierasfer were identical. Both have therefore been r
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF THE TELEOST FAMILY CARAPIDAE 291 imherbe, is that now termed Carapus acus. The other, Ophidium dentatum Cuvier, 1817, was said to differ from the first and more common species only by the presence of " deux dents en crochets ", a character which barely constitutes a recognizable description. Kaup (1856a) examined a number of specimens of 0. dentatum, at that time preserved in the Paris Museum, and concluded that Cuvier's Mediterranean and Thompson's Atlantic fierasfer were identical. Both have therefore been recorded by later authors as Fierasfer dentatus, the name used by Kaup. Though C. acus is fairly common in the Mediterranean, the other fierasfer is extremely rare and known from only a few localities. I have been able to examine only two, one from Monaco and another, very poorly preserved, from Sicily. The Atlantic fierasfer is also generally regarded as extremely rare and has even been. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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