Family Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903

Upogebia acanthura (Coelho, 1973)

Diagnosis: Melo, 1999:406, fig.272. Previous record: Coelho-Filho, 2006:12.

Upogebia noronhensis Fausto-Filho, 1969

Diagnosis: Fausto-Filho, 1969:1, figs.1-15.

Previous records: Pocock, 1890:515 (as Gebia spinifera Smith, 1869); Coelho and Ramos, 1972:163; Fausto-Filho, 1974:7; Williams, 1993:51; Rodrigues and Shimizu, 1998:383; Melo, 1999: 414; Coelho et al., 2002:448.

Examined material: MAR/93: Baía do Sueste, 1 male.

Habitat: found under blocks of rocks in the sublittoral, 2.5m of deep; bottom sandy-gravel with seaweed.

Observation: reddish coloration with red spots and points over all the body.