Premium
Fishes of the family Ipnopidae (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) collected on the Brazilian continental slope between 11° and 23° S
Author(s) -
Franco M. A. L.,
Braga A. C.,
Nunan G. W. A.,
Costa P. A. S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02324.x
Subject(s) - teleostei , biology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology
A collection of fishes from the Brazilian continental slope between 11° and 23° S obtained through trawling revealed nine species of Ipnopidae. Bathypterois bigelowi and Bathytyphlops marionae represent first records from the south‐western Atlantic Ocean and Bathypterois grallator is reported off Brazil for the first time. Four species have their distribution extended in Brazilian waters: Bathypterois phenax , Bathypterois quadrifilis , Bathypterois viridensis and Ipnops murrayi . An identification key of Ipnopidae species from the south‐western Atlantic Ocean is included.