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.
Author
Dario, Fabio Di
Author
Eduardo, Leandro N.
Author
Lucena-Frédou, Flávia
Author
Bertrand, Arnaud
Author
Prokofiev, Artem M.
Author
Mincarone, Michael M.
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Neotropical Ichthyology
2022
e 220004
2022-07-08
20
2
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004
journal volume
10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004
1982-0224
Sigmops bathyphilus
(Vaillant, 1884)
(
Fig. 4D
)
Diagnosis.
Sigmops bathyphilus
can be distinguished from congeners by the presence of adipose fin; anal-fin origin in line with dorsal-fin origin; 10–14 pectoral-fin rays; 11–15 dorsal-fin rays; 7–9 pelvic-fin rays; 21–26 anal-fin rays; 28–32 gill rakers; no photophores on isthmus; two rows (lateral and ventral) of minute and obscure photophores; IC 32–38; OA 14–16, in an irregular row (Grey, 1964; Mukhacheva, 1972; Kenaley, Stewart, 2015c; Coad, 2018a).
Geographical distribution.
Circumglobal
between 70ºN and 45ºS, except the
western Indian Ocean
(Grey, 1964; Schaefer
et al
., 1986a; Pequeño, 1989; Hutchins, 2001; Møller
et al
., 2010; Kenaley, Stewart, 2015c; Béarez
et al
., 2017; Sutton
et al.
, 2020).
In
the
western Atlantic
, the species is reported from off
Greenland, Canada
, United States, the
Bermudas
and the
Caribbean Sea
, and off
Rio de Janeiro State
,
Brazil
(Mukhacheva, 1972; Grey, 1964; Harold, 2003; Moore
et al
., 2003; Costa, Mincarone, 2010; Møller
et al
., 2010; Judkins, Haedrich, 2018).
Here
we report on
one specimen
of
S. bathyphilus
collected off
Rio Grande do Norte State
, near the seamounts of the region, between depths of 700 and
1,113 m
(
Fig. 3C
)
.
Specimen examined.
1: NPM 4764, 1 (
155 mm
), AB2#59A.