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 Lamprogrammus brunswigi (Brauer 1906) ( Fig. 3L ) Material examined. MOVI 38591-38592 (2, 990– 1010 mm SL), E-0507. Diagnosis. Maxilla free, not sheathed posteriodorsally; one median basibranchial tooth patch. Distribution. Circumglobal, except for eastern Pacific, at depths from 800 to 1600 m ( Cohen et al. 1991 ). Remarks. First record in Brazilian waters. Collected from a single station off Bahia , from 1012 to 1049 m depth. A rare species, of which just 9 specimens (including the two herein presented) larger than 90 cm are known.