Abstract

A new species of notothenioid fish, Pogonophryne pavlovi sp. nov., from bathyal depths of the Ross Sea, Antarctica is described. The new species belongs to the “albipinna” group of the genus Pogonophryne and is characterized by having a mental barbel with a long (61.2–65.2% of barbel length) terminal expansion composed of densely packed, brainlike convolutions.

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