. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. PSEDNOS • Chi 499. Figure 11. Psednos micrurus Barnard. Female, 45-mm standard length. Holotype BMNH (after Barnard, 1927b). Soutti Africa, 1208-1280 m. stomach and pyloric caeca light browii be- cause of scarce melanophores, adjacent pari: of intestine blackish, the rest of intes- tine not pigmented except of short pari near anus" (Andriashev, 1992: 9). Distribution. Only known from off Cape Point, South Africa, at a depth of 1208- 1280 m. Other Indian Ocean specimens cited by Stein (1979) belong to
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. PSEDNOS • Chi 499. Figure 11. Psednos micrurus Barnard. Female, 45-mm standard length. Holotype BMNH (after Barnard, 1927b). Soutti Africa, 1208-1280 m. stomach and pyloric caeca light browii be- cause of scarce melanophores, adjacent pari: of intestine blackish, the rest of intes- tine not pigmented except of short pari near anus" (Andriashev, 1992: 9). Distribution. Only known from off Cape Point, South Africa, at a depth of 1208- 1280 m. Other Indian Ocean specimens cited by Stein (1979) belong to other spe- cies (see P. steini sp. nov. and P. microps sp. nov). However, the species may range norih to the Madagascar Ridge based on a 13-mm-SL juvenile in poor condition (ZISP 51704) that is similar to P. micninis. This specimen has V 42(10+32), D 37, A 30, C 6. Interneural of 1st dorsal ray fits between 4th and 5th veriebrae. In per- centage of SL: preD , preA 50, bd (studied in 1992 by A. Andriashev). It is similar to P. micninis in meristic counts and large preanal but differs from it by absence of pyloric ceca (vs 5 in P. micrurus). Comparative Notes. Psednos micrurus belongs to the group of Psednos with few vertebrae (41-43). It differs from other species of the group by a long preanal dis- tance (ca. 50 vs SL), a short head (22 vs SL) that is very compressed (width 50% HL), teeth on lower jaw in double row, grayish-brown color, and unnotched pectoral fin. Un- notched pectoral fins (without a short notch ray but with the lower lobe rays lon- ger than upper) as described for P. micru- rus by Barnard (1927a,b) are unusual in liparids. However, it is a valid character and is found in Paraliparis challengeri and in the related P. liparinus (Andriashev, 1993b). It is impossible to check this char- acter in P. micrurus because the holotype is in bad condition (Andriashev, 1992) but Barnard (1927a,b) stated that the pectoral fin of P. micrurus is
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