Vinciguerria nimbaria

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 : 29

Vinciguerria nimbaria ( Jordan & Williams, 1895)

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Diagnosis. Vinciguerria nimbaria differs from congeners by the eyes not tubular, lateral; interorbital width broad; 6–10 small teeth on premaxilla; SO present; IV 21–24; IC 45–46; 17–26 gill rakers; 13–15 dorsal-fin rays; 13–16 anal-fin rays; 9–11 pectoral-fin rays; 7 pelvic-fin rays; dorsal-adipose fin origin near vertical through end of anal-fin base; 39–44 vertebrae (Grey, 1964; Gorbunova, 1972; Schaefer et al., 1986b; Kenaley, Stewart, 2015d).

Geographical distribution. Circumglobal, between 48ºN and 45ºS (Grey, 1964; Pequeño, 1989; Quéro et al., 1990c; Kenaley, Stewart, 2015d; Judkins, Haedrich, 2018; Sutton et al., 2020; Love et al., 2021). In the western Atlantic, the species is reported from off Canada to Uruguay, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea (Grey, 1964; Parin et al., 1974; McAllister, 1990; McEachran, Fechhelm, 1998; Harold, 2003; Judkins, Haedrich, 2018). In Brazilian waters, V. nimbaria was recorded off Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba and from off Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul States, in addition to the Trindade and Martin Vaz and Saint Peter and Saint Paul archipelagos, and the Vitória-Trindade Chain, near the Montague Seamount (Gorbunova, 1972; Figueiredo et al., 2002; Menezes et al., 2003; Braga et al., 2007, Judkins, Haedrich, 2018; Pinheiro et al., 2015, 2020). Larvae were recorded from Bahia to São Paulo States, including the Vitória-Trindade Chain (Bonecker, Castro, 2006; Goçalo et al., 2011; Bonecker et al., 2012, 2014, 2019; Stocco, Joyeux, 2015). Vinciguerria nimbaria is reported here based on specimens collected between depths of 50 and 780 m off Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, and Pernambuco States, and from the vicinities of the Rocas Atoll ( Fig. 7A ).

Specimens examined. 22 (17–49 mm SL): NPM 3305, 1 (27 mm), AB1#14; NPM 3385, 8 (21–32 mm), AB1#12; NPM 3386, 1 (21 mm), AB1#20; NPM 3387, 3 (18–25 mm), AB1#31; NPM 3388, 3 (17–21 mm), AB1#26; NPM 4568, 2 (31–38 mm), AB2#49B; NPM 4618, 1 (21 mm), AB1#36; NPM 4623, 1 (22 mm), AB2#42A; NPM 4765, 2 (49 mm), AB2#16.

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FIGURE 6 | A. Ichthyococcus polli, NPM 4119, 51 mm SL; B. Phosichthys argenteus, NPM 4560, 64 mm SL; C. Pollichthys mauli, NPM 3290, 38 mm SL; D. Vinciguerria nimbaria, NPM 3305, 27 mm SL. Scale bars = 10 mm.

FIGURE 7 | Records of species of Phosichthyidae (A), Astronesthinae (B, C), Chauliodontinae (D), Stomiinae (E), and Malacosteinae (F) collected during the ABRACOS expeditions off northeastern Brazil. Oceanic islands: RA, Rocas Atoll; FN, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago.