Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi (Ophidiidae) from the north Atlantic

Two additional specimens of the rare ophidiid fish, Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi Cohen & Rohr, 1993, were recently caught in the North-east Atlantic. In December 1995 a French trawler caught a 142 cm long specimen at a depth of ca 1000 m, west of Scotland. Later the specimen was discarded. However, a series of photos clearly show its specific identity. In July 1997 a Faroese trawler caught a 170 + ? cm long specimen when trawling at 300-500 m on the southern slope of the Faroese Bank. L. shcherbachevi was described by Cohen and Rohr (1993) on the basis of four specimens (SL 71.5-193 cm) from off Chile, Western Australia, Angola and Suriname. They called it a giant, circumglobal, ophidiid species and the present two specimens fit well into that description.