Bregmaceros

Melo, Marcelo R. S., Braga, Adriana C., Nunan, Gustavo W. A. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2010, On new collections of deep-sea Gadiformes (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S, Zootaxa 2433, pp. 25-46 : 29

Bregmaceros sp.

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Material examined. 74 specimens: MNRJ 26912 (1, 53.0 mm), ASTRO 2003021402; MNRJ 27001 (23, 39.0–56.0 mm), 21°31’ S, 39°47’ W, 97–138 m, R/V Thalassa , pelagic trawl; MNRJ 27002 (4, 64.0–68.0 mm), D-502; MNRJ 27003 (8, 51.0–63.0 mm), D-503; MNRJ 27004 (1, 56.0 mm), E-524; MNRJ 27005 (1, 61.0 mm), E-504; MNRJ 27006 (4, 49.0–65.0 mm), E-538; MNRJ 27007 (1, 61.0 mm), E-510; MNRJ 27008 (29, 45.0–67.0 mm), E-504; MNRJ 27009 (2, 60.0–61.0 mm), E-505.

Remarks. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths of 266 to 1762 m. Five species of Bregmaceros were assigned for the western South Atlantic: Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode and Bean 1886 ; B. cantori Milliken and Houde 1984 ; B. cayorum Nichols 1952 ; B. houdei Saksena and Richards 1986 ; and B. macclellandi Günther 1862 ( Milliken & Houde 1984; Shen & Wang 1991; Menezes 2003a; Torii et al. 2004). The genus is under revision and several new species remain to be described, including a species from the area of study (A. Harold, pers. comm., 2008).

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FIGURE 2. (A) Bregmaceros sp. (MNRJ 27001, 56.0 mm); (B) Urophycis brasiliensis (MNRJ 27035, 370.0 mm); (C) Urophycis mystacea (MNRJ 26978, 214.0 mm); (D) Gadomus arcuatus * (MNRJ 27067, 541.0 mm); (E) Gadomus capensis * (MNRJ 26921, 405.0 mm); (F) Coelorinchus caribbaeus (MNRJ 26878 (, 210.0 mm); (G) Coelorinchus aff. carminatus (MNRJ 26985, 200.0 mm); (H) Coelorinchus marinii (MNRJ 26925, 266.0 mm); (I) Coelorinchus occa (MNRJ 27095, 360.0 mm); (J) Cetonurus globiceps * (MNRJ unknown, ca. 200.0 mm); (K) Coryphaenoides cf. leptolepis (MNRJ 26899, 302.0 mm); (L) Coryphaenoides rudis (MNRJ 27070, 415.0 mm). Asterisk indicates pictures taken on board of the collecting vessel, prior to the specimen fixation.