Boarfishes of the Genus Antigonia of the Western Atlantic

Abstract

The recently named boarfish Antigonia combatia Berry and Rathjen from the western Atlantic and the deeper-bodied Antigonia capros Lowe from the western Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific are described, illustrated, and compared with other nominal forms from the Indo-Patific. Appreciable individual and geographic variation characterizes Antigonia combatia and apparently also exists in Antigonia capros. The boarfishes range in the western Atlantic from off southern Brazil to off the northern Atlantic coast of the United States, in water approximately 87 to 325 fathoms deep.