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.
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Mincarone, Michael M.
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Neotropical Ichthyology
2022
e 220004
2022-07-08
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2
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004
journal volume
10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004
1982-0224
Pollichthys mauli
(Poll, 1953)
(
Fig. 6C
)
Diagnosis.
Same as for the genus.
Geographical distribution.
Atlantic, western and central Pacific, and western Indian oceans, between 47ºN and 36ºS (Grey, 1964; Schaefer
et al
., 1986b; Quéro
et al
., 1990c; Aizawa, 2002; Mundy, 2005; Fricke
et al
., 2009; Judkins, Haedrich, 2018; Sutton
et al.
, 2020). In the western Atlantic, the species is reported from off
Canada
to
Uruguay
, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea (Grey, 1964; Bekker
et al.
, 1975; McAllister, 1990; McEachran, Fechhelm, 1998; Schmitter-Soto
et al
., 2000; Harold, 2003; Nión
et al.
, 2016; Judkins, Haedrich, 2018). In
Brazil
,
Pollichthys mauli
was previously recorded from off
Rio Grande do Norte
to
Rio Grande do Sul
States (Vasconcelos-Filho
et al
., 1996; Figueiredo
et al.
, 2002; Menezes
et al
., 2003; Bernardes
et al.
, 2005; Braga
et al.
, 2007; Haimovici
et al
., 2008; Costa, Mincarone, 2010), and near the Vitória-Trindade Chain (Montague and Davis seamounts; Pinheiro
et al
., 2015). Larvae were recorded between
Bahia
and
São Paulo
States, including the Vitória-Trindade Chain (Bonecker, Castro, 2006; Goçalo
et al
., 2011; Bonecker
et al.
, 2012, 2014).
Pollichthys mauli
is reported here based on
one specimen
collected between depths of 75 and
525 m
off
Rio Grande do Norte State
(
Fig. 7A
).
Specimen examined.
1: NPM 3290, 1 (
38 mm
), AB1#25.