Stomias danae Ege, 1933

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 : 38-39

Stomias danae Ege, 1933

( Fig. 11A )

Diagnosis. Stomias danae differs from congeners by the chin barbel stem with 2 filaments at base; terminal bulb of chin barbel without filaments; palatine with 2 teeth; 16–18 dorsal-fin rays; 20–21 anal-fin rays; six rows of hexagonal cells dorsal to lateral series of photophores; one photophore per hexagon cell in the upper two rows, usually 2–3 in the third row, and usually 3–5 in the fourth and fifth rows; total vertebrae 60–62 (Morrow, 1964d; Gibbs, 1969; Shcherbachev, Novikova, 1976).

Geographical distribution. Known from a few records in the western South Atlantic, western Indian and central Pacific oceans ( Gibbs , 1969; Clarke , 1974; Shcherbachev , Novikova , 1976; Mundy , 2005). In the western South Atlantic , the species is known from one record off Trindade and Martin Vaz Archipelago ( Brazil), and two records off northeastern Brazil, outside the country’s EEZ ( Shcherbachev , Novikova , 1976; Gibbs , 1969; Menezes et al., 2003; Judkins , Haedrich , 2018). Stomias danae is reported here based on one specimen collected off Paraíba State, at 800 m depth ( Fig. 7E ) .

Specimen examined. 1. NPM 4768, 1 (95 mm), AB2#21.

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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.

FIGURE 11 | A. Stomias danae, NPM 4768, 95 mm SL; B. Stomias longibarbatus, NPM 4598, 173 mm SL. Scale bars = 10 mm.