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. text 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 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.