Lepidion natalensis Gilchrist 1922

Lepidion natalensis Gilchrist, 1922 (Fig. 8) MNHRUN uncat. (2022.E.4.9), 1 specimen, 425 mm TL, Réunion, off northwest coast, 19.3 km northwest of Cap de La Houssaye, 20°55’04.080”S 55°05’08.268”E, 1000 m depth, St. 8, 9 May 2022. Diagnosis D (5-6) + (54-59); A 49-52; P 1 22-23; P 2 7; gill rakers 5 + 15; orbit diameter 4.2-5.4 in head length; scales absent on branchiostegal membranes; body greyish pink, vertical fins dark (Cohen, 1986). Distribution Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa; Réunion (Fig. 2F).