Caulophryne sp.

Dataset
Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Lophiiformes: family
Caulophrynidae: genus
Caulophryne: species
Caulophryne spec.

description

(Figs. 1 J, 5)

diagnosis

Diagnosis. Same as for genus. Geographical distribution. Species of Caulophryne have been reported from the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans between approximately 65 ºN and 50 ºS (Pietsch, 2009). Three of the four currently recognized species of the genus are known from the Atlantic Ocean: Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean, 1896, known from the North Atlantic up to about 5 ºN; Caulophryne pelagica (Brauer, 1902), recorded in the Atlantic at a single locality off Cape Verde Islands; and Caulophryne polynema Regan, 1930, recorded in the North and South Atlantic to 28 ºS off Africa, with no records in the western South Atlantic (Pietsch, 1979, 2009). The extremely small specimen of Caulophryne sp. reported here was collected off Rio Grande do Norte State, between depths of 35 and 100 m, and represents the first record of the genus in Brazilian waters and in the western South Atlantic (Fig. 5).

materials_examined

Material examined. NPM 3835, 1, 6 mm SL (Fig. 1 J), RV Antea, sta. AB 1 / 23, 5 ° 08 ’ 36.7 ” S 34 ° 42 ’ 48.5 ” W to 5 ° 08 ’ 02.8 ” S 34 ° 44 ’ 40.4 ” W, 35 – 100 m, 9 Oct 2015, 10: 35 – 11: 20 h.

Name

Homonyms: Caulophryne sp.