Deep-sea dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) collected from off northeastern Brazil, with a review of the species reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone Author Villarins, Bárbara T. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Conservação, Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, Author Dario, Fabio Di Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São José do Barreto, 764, 27965 - 045 Author Eduardo, Leandro N. Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s / n, 52171 - & MARBEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France. Arnaud. Bertrand @ ird. fr. France.Arnaud.Bertrand@ird.fr Author Lucena-Frédou, Flávia Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s / n, 52171 - Author Bertrand, Arnaud Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s / n, 52171 - & MARBEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France. Arnaud. Bertrand @ ird. fr. France.Arnaud.Bertrand@ird.fr Author Prokofiev, Artem M. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninski prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, Russia. & P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovski rospect 36, Moscow 117997, Russia. & Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São José do Barreto, 764, 27965 - 045 Author Mincarone, Michael M. text Neotropical Ichthyology 2022 e 220004 2022-07-08 20 2 1 78 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004 journal article 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004 1982-0224 13350377 Bathophilus pawneei Parr, 1927 ( Fig. 13B ) Diagnosis. Bathophilus pawneei differs from congeners by the pelvic-fin origin close to, but slightly below, the body midline; 12–15 pelvic-fin rays; 2 pectoral-fin rays (rarely 1) in a single group; 14–17 dorsal-fin rays; 15–18 anal-fin rays; usually a small luminous spot behind the pelvic fin, and sometimes another luminous spot on the shoulder region; about 24–29 photophores in the lateral series (OV 11–14, VAL 13–15); about 36–42 photophores in the ventral series (IP 5, PV 12–15, VAV 13–15, AC 6–7) (Morrow, Gibbs, 1964; Barnett, Gibbs Jr., 1968; McEachran, Fechhelm, 1998; Sutton et al ., 2020). Geographical distribution. Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, from 45ºN to 27ºS (Morrow, Gibbs, 1964; Clarke, 1974; Gibbs, Barnett, 1990; Aizawa, 2002; Shinohara et al. , 2009; Sutton et al. , 2020). In the western Atlantic, the species is reported from off the United States to Brazil , including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea (Parr, 1927; Morrow, Gibbs, 1964; Parin et al. , 1974; Gibbs, Barnett, 1990; McEachran, Fechhelm, 1998; Moore et al. , 2003; Judkins, Haedrich, 2018). In Brazil the species was reported from off Fernando de Noronha and Saint Peter and Saint Paul archipelagos (Judkins, Haedrich, 2018; Sutton et al. , 2020), with additional records outside the Brazilian EEZ off the Rio de Janeiro State (Gibbs, Barnett, 1990). Bathophilus pawneei is reported here based on specimens collected off the Rocas Atoll and Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, between depths of 430 and 610 m ( Fig. 14A ). FIGURE 13 | A. Bathophilus nigerrimus , NPM 4593, 84 mm SL; B. Bathophilus pawneei , NPM 4572, 124 mm SL. Scale bars = 10 mm. Specimens examined. 4 ( 30–124 mm SL): NPM 4571, 1 ( 81 mm ), AB2#41A; NPM 4572, 1 ( 124 mm ), AB2#40A; NPM 4928, 2 ( 30–32 mm ), AB2#53B.