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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Zoarcidae (Eelpouts) > Lycodinae
Etymology: Santelmoa: Named after the Spanish ship San Telmo lost in the 'Terra Australis Incognita' (in Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, according to Pinochet de la Barra 1993) on 2-4 September 1819, in honour of the 644 Spanish shipwrecked.; carmenae: Named for Carmen Benito (manageress, Servei de Radiosòtops, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain).

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 1056 m (Ref. 81216). Deep-water, preferred ?

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Antarctic, Atlantic: Southern Ocean, Gerlache Strait.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 81216)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 91-95; Anal soft rays: 75 - 79; Vertebrae: 99 - 104. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: anterior portion of frontals fused with no trace of a suture; scapular foramen open; ceratohyal-epihyal articulation interdigitating; cranium narrow; no supratemporal commissure and occipital pores; intercalar reaching the prootic; well developed parasphenoid wing, palatal arch and post-temporal ventral ramus; short posterior hyomandibular ramus; 6 branchiostegal rays; asymmetrical vertebrae; pelvic-fin rays ensheathed; scales, lateral line, pyloric caeca, palatine and vomerine teeth present (Ref. 81216).

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Matallanas, J., 2010. Description of two new genera, Santelmoa and Bentartia and two new species of Zoarcidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the Southern Ocean. Polar Biol. 33(5):659-672. (Ref. 81216)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Santelmoa carmenae Matallanas, 2010