Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier 1829

Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829: 469, Pl. 97. Type locality: Nice, Mediterranean coast of France. Hoplostethus mediterraneus, Goren & Galil, 1997: 201, 2002: 151; Galil & Zibrowius, 1998: 115. Material examined. TAU P- 10514, 1 spec., off Haifa, 1500 m, coll: B. Galil, 10 May, 1994; TAU P. 12980, 3 spec. off Akko, 032�� 54 'N, 034�� 50 'E, 800 m. coll: B. Galil, 22 August, 2004; TAU P. 12981, 3 spec. off Akko, 032�� 54 'N, 034�� 50 'E, 800 m. coll: B. Galil, 24 August, 2004; TAU P. 13534, 2 spec. Eratosthenes seamount, 033�� 47.750 N, 034�� 46.996 E, 927m. coll: B. Galil, 21 June, 2006; TAU P. 13892, 1 spec. Eratosthenes seamount, 033�� 47.750 N, 034�� 46.996 E, 946 m. coll: B. Galil, 21 June, 2006. Distribution. Atlantic, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean; depth range 100���1175 m. The present record constitutes a depth record for the species.
Published as part of Goren, Menachem & Galil, Bella S., 2015, A checklist of the deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea, Mediterranean Sea, pp. 507-530 in Zootaxa 3994 (4) on page 521, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/244394
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