Deep-sea ophidiiform fishes collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S Author Mincarone, Michael M. Museu Oceanográfico Univali, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, CP 360, 88302 - 202, Itajaí, SC, Brazil. E-mail: mincarone @ univali. br Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. E-mail: jgnielsen @ snm. ku. dk Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Ecologia e Recursos Marinhos, Av. Pasteur, 458, sala 410, Urca, 22290 - 240, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. E-mail: pauloascosta @ uol. com. br Author Nielsen, Jørgen G. Author Costa, Paulo A. S. Author Rv, Rv text Zootaxa 2008 2008-05-16 1770 1 41 64 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1770.1.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.2 1175­5334 5123954 0F66DF83-9427-4D01-A0A8-6CC4B2A81F32 Dicrolene Goode & Bean 1883 Type species. Dicrolene introniger Goode & Bean 1883 , by original designation. Diagnosis. Ophidiid with a blunt snout; eye diameter almost as long as snout; hind margin of preopercle usually with 3 sharp spines; pectoral fin rays 22–33 (lower 5–11 free and longer than upper ones); pelvic fins with two rays in each.