Leptocephali collected off the eastern coast of Brazil (12 ° – 23 ° S). Author Marcia Salustiano de Castro Author Ana Cristina Teixeira Bonecker text Zootaxa 2005 935 1 28 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EA0A64C-D816-4404-8602-B8A4A37D170E journal article z00935p001 3EA0A64C-D816-4404-8602-B8A4A37D170E Two specimens of the spaghetti eel Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman) were collected during the spring and winter. The main character is the presence of 7-8 stellate melanophores on the midlateral line (Smith, 1989d) (Figure 9). FIGURE 9: Moringua edwardsi (DZUFRJ 2828, 45.7 mm) lateral view of tail. One specimen was recorded near Salvador and the other was found over one seamount (Figure 10). Study Material: DZUFRJ 2828, 2829; two specimens; total myomeres 115; 12.0-45.7 mm SL