On new collections of deep-sea Gadiformes (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S
Author
Melo, Marcelo R. S.
Author
Braga, Adriana C.
Author
Nunan, Gustavo W. A.
Author
Costa, Paulo A. S.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2433
25
46
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.194741
8b551682-3e5a-4f76-8998-df10709fc977
1175-5326
194741
Hymenocephalus
cf.
aterrimus
Gilbert 1905
(
Fig. 3
C)
Material examined.
One specimen:
MNRJ
27013 (1,
92.1 mm
), T, E-498.
Distribution.
Collected from off Bahia, at depths from
614 to
629 m
.
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
was described from off the Kauai Island, Hawaii. It is known to have a worldwide distribution in tropical regions of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (
Iwamoto 1999
;
Iwamoto 2002
); in the WSA, it was previously recorded from northeastern
Brazil
(
3°22’ S
,
37°49’ W
) by
Marshall
and Iwamoto (1973b)
.