A. V. Balushkin and V. P. Prirodina
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (ZIN), Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
e-mail: ichthlab@zin.ru
Received June 17, 2007
Abstract—A new species of the eel cod Muraenolepis kuderskii sp. nova from the Scotia Sea, South Georgia,
from depths of 440–605 m is described. The species belongs to the group of “few-rayed” species having less
than 150 rays in the dorsal fin and less than 114 rays in the anal fin. According to general body proportions,
M.kuderskii is closely related to high-latitude Antarctic species M. trunovi; however, it differs from the latter
and all other species of the group of “few-rayed” eel cods in a short chin barbel, small sizes of the eye, a short
antebranchial distance, a short anteanal distance, and a long postanal distance.
DOI: 10.1134/S0032945207090019
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