Leandro Nolé Eduardo‡, Bárbara Teixeira Villarins§, Julia Rodrigues Martins§, Flávia Lucena-Frédou|, Thierry Frédou|, Alex Souza Lira|, Paulo Eurico Travassos|, Arnaud Bertrand¶, Michael Maia Mincarone§Corresponding author: Michael Maia Mincarone ( mincarone@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Zeehan Jaafar © Leandro Nolé Eduardo, Bárbara Teixeira Villarins, Julia Rodrigues Martins, Flávia Lucena-Frédou, Thierry Frédou, Alex Souza Lira, Paulo Eurico Travassos, Arnaud Bertrand, Michael Maia Mincarone. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Eduardo LN, Villarins BT, Martins JR, Lucena-Frédou F, Frédou T, Lira AS, Travassos PE, Bertrand A, Mincarone MM (2019) Deep-sea oceanic basslets (Perciformes, Howellidae) from Brazil: new records and range extensions. Check List 15(6): 965-971. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.6.965 |  |
This study reports the occurrence of the oceanic basslet (Howellidae) in Brazilian waters. Bathysphyraenops simplex Parr, 1933, a rare species with a worldwide distribution, is recorded for the first time in Brazilian waters, based on three specimens collected off Rocas Atoll and Rio Grande do Norte. Howella atlantica Post & Quéro, 1991, known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean (64°N to 21°S), including waters around the Trindade Island, is reported off Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Rocas Atoll, and the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago. In addition, specimens previously reported in the literature as Howella brodie Ogilby, 1899 are reidentified as H. atlantica, extending the known distribution of this species to northeastern and southeastern Brazil. Measurements and counts for all specimens examined are provided.