New records of rare deep‐sea fishes (Teleostei) collected from off northeastern Brazil, including seamounts and islands of the Fernando de Noronha Ridge

Here we report on new data on the occurrence and distribution of rare deep-sea fishes (Teleostei) collected from off northeastern Brazil, including seamounts and oceanic islands of the Fernando de Noronha Ridge (Rocas Atoll and Fernando de Noronha Archipelago). Collections were made by the French RV Antea during the ABRACOS (Acoustics along the BRAzilian COaSt) expeditions, between 29 September and 21 October 2015, and April 9 and May 10, 2017. Occurrences of Photostylus pycnopterus (Alepocephalidae), Gigantura chuni (Giganturidae), Ahliesaurus berryi (Notosudidae), Benthalbella infans, Rosenblattichthys hubbsi, Scopelarchoides danae (Scopelarchidae), Scopelengys tristis (Neoscopelidae), Zu cristatus (Trachipteridae), Stylephorus chordatus (Stylephoridae), and Pseudoscopelus cordilluminatus (Chiasmodontidae) are reported for the first time or confirmed in the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Photostylus pycnopterus and G. chuni are also recorded for the first time in the western South Atlantic, whereas records of P. cordilluminatus are the first in the western Atlantic. Other records of rare species of those families are also reported and discussed.

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deep-sea fishes, distribution, taxonomy, tropical Atlantic

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Mincarone Michael Maia, Eduardo Leandro Nolé, Di Dario Fabio, Frédou Thierry, Bertrand Arnaud, Lucena‐frédou Flávia (2022). New records of rare deep‐sea fishes (Teleostei) collected from off northeastern Brazil, including seamounts and islands of the Fernando de Noronha Ridge. Journal Of Fish Biology. 101 (4). 945-959. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15155, https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00782/89401/

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