Gonostoma denudatum Rafinesque, 1810

Villarins, Bárbara T., Dario, Fabio Di, Eduardo, Leandro N., Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Prokofiev, Artem M. & Mincarone, Michael M., 2022, Deep-sea dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) collected from off northeastern Brazil, with a review of the species reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone, Neotropical Ichthyology (e 220004) 20 (2), pp. 1-78 : 13

Gonostoma denudatum Rafinesque, 1810

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Diagnosis. See Gonostoma atlanticum .

Geographical distribution. Atlantic Ocean from 40ºN to 40ºS (apparently more common in the eastern Atlantic ), including the Mediterranean Sea (De Groot, Nijssen, 1971; Mukhacheva, 1972; Parin et al., 1974; Schaefer et al., 1986a; Quéro et al., 1990a; Golani, 1996; Santos et al., 1997; Bordes et al., 1999; Harold, 2003; Lipej, Dulčić, 2010; Béarez et al., 2017; Bayhan, Ergüden, 2019; Elbaraasi et al., 2019; Bariche, Fricke, 2020; Akbora et al., 2020; Sutton et al., 2020). Gonostoma denudatum is reported for the first time in Brazilian waters based on one specimen collected near the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, at 440 m depth ( Fig. 3B ) .

Specimen examined. 1: NPM 6519, 1 (122 mm), AB2#40A.

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FIGURE 3 | Records of species of Diplophidae (A), Gonostomatidae (B, C) and Sternoptychidae (D, E, F) collected during the ABRACOS expeditions off northeastern Brazil. Oceanic islands: RA, Rocas Atoll; FN, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago.

FIGURE 4 | A. Gonostoma atlanticum, NPM 4615, 61 mm SL; B. Gonostoma denudatum, NPM 6519, 122 mm SL; C. Margrethia obtusirostra, NPM 3384, 27 mm SL; D. Sigmops bathyphilus, NPM 4764, 155 mm SL; E. Sigmops elongatus, NPM 3182, 173 mm SL; F. Zaphotias pedaliotus, NPM 4407, 62 mm SL. Scale bars = 10 mm.