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. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Conservação, Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, Author Dario, Fabio Di Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São José do Barreto, 764, 27965 - 045 Author Eduardo, Leandro N. Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s / n, 52171 - & MARBEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France. Arnaud. Bertrand @ ird. fr. France.Arnaud.Bertrand@ird.fr Author Lucena-Frédou, Flávia Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s / n, 52171 - Author Bertrand, Arnaud Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s / n, 52171 - & MARBEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France. Arnaud. Bertrand @ ird. fr. France.Arnaud.Bertrand@ird.fr Author Prokofiev, Artem M. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninski prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, Russia. & P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovski rospect 36, Moscow 117997, Russia. & Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. São José do Barreto, 764, 27965 - 045 Author Mincarone, Michael M. text Neotropical Ichthyology 2022 e 220004 2022-07-08 20 2 1 78 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004 journal article 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004 1982-0224 13350377 Phosichthys Hutton, 1872 Diagnosis. Phosichthys is a monotypic genus distinguished in the Phosichthyidae by the presence of two ORB (one anterior to eye and one mid-ventral or posterior to it); eyes not tubular; lower jaw teeth uniserial; teeth on vomer and palatine; dorsal-fin origin posterior to pelvic-fin origin; dorsal adipose fin present; dorsal-fin base and dorsal adipose-fin base much shorter than anal-fin base; 12–13 dorsal-fin rays; 23–26 anal-fin rays; 15–18 gill rakers; IC 57–58; AC 16–18 (Schaefer et al ., 1986b; Kenaley, Stewart, 2015d; Sutton et al ., 2020). FIGURE 6 | A. Ichthyococcus polli , NPM 4119, 51 mm SL; B. Phosichthys argenteus , NPM 4560, 64 mm SL; C. Pollichthys mauli , NPM 3290, 38 mm SL; D. Vinciguerria nimbaria , NPM 3305, 27 mm SL. Scale bars = 10 mm. Phosichthys argenteus Hutton, 1872 ( Fig. 6B ) FIGURE 7 | Records of species of Phosichthyidae ( A ), Astronesthinae ( B , C ), Chauliodontinae ( D ), Stomiinae ( E ), and Malacosteinae ( F ) collected during the ABRACOS expeditions off northeastern Brazil. Oceanic islands: RA, Rocas Atoll; FN, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago. Diagnosis. Same as for the genus. Geographical distribution. Cincumglobal in the Southern Hemisphere, except the eastern Pacific Ocean (Quéro et al ., 1990c; Hutchins, 2001; Kenaley, Stewart, 2015d; Balushkin, 2017; Sutton et al. , 2020). In the western Atlantic, the species was recorded off Brazil (from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul States), Uruguay , and off the Malvinas Islands (Parin et al. , 1974; Figueiredo et al ., 2002; Menezes et al ., 2003; Bernardes et al ., 2005; Braga et al ., 2007; Haimovici et al ., 2008; Nión et al. , 2016). Phosichthys argenteus is reported here based on one specimen collected at 63 m depth off Rio Grande do Norte State, near the seamounts ( Fig. 7A ). Specimen examined. 1: NPM 4560, 1 ( 64 mm ), AB2#35.