RBMO 45 - Suppl. 1: 757-760.

Research Note

 

Antennarius avalonis (Antennariidae, Lophiiformes) in the southeast Pacific

Walter Sielfeld1

 

1Departamento de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Arturo Prat, Casilla 121, Iquique, Chile

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Specimens of Antennarius avalonis captured in the north of Chile are described. The information is compared with the data presented by previous authors. The distribution of the southeast Pacific species and those known from the continental and insular coasts of Chile is compared.

Key words: First record, roughjaw frogfish, Chile

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