Report on the fishes taken in Madeiran and Canarian waters during the Summer-Autumn Cruises of the "Discovery II" 1959 and 1961. I. The Ceratioid Fishes (Melanocetidaee, Himantolophidae, Oneirodidae, Gigantactinidae, Linophrynidae)

Abstract

Seven specimens of Ceratioid fishes derived from hauls in Madeiran and Canarian waters are examined. For the first time free-living males of Melanocetus johnsoni and M. murrayi are recorded from Madeira. The latter species and one belonging to the genus G