Paratrachichthys heptalepis, a New Roughie (Pisces, Trachichthyidae) from the Hawaiian Islands

Abstract

A new species of trachichthyid fish, Paratrachichthys heptalepis, is described from 33 specimens that were collected by the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Honolulu Laboratory, in a series of cruises in the Hawaiian Island s. The depth range of the catches was 50- 255 m. P. heptalepis is closely related to P. prosthemius Jordan and Fowler, from Japan, and P. novaezelandicus Kotlyar, from New Zealand.