identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
5D77BB3E0F2FFFE4FC85FD33DE71FBA7.text	5D77BB3E0F2FFFE4FC85FD33DE71FBA7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ceratias Kroyer 1845	<div><p>Ceratias Krøyer, 1845</p><p>Diagnosis. Ceratias differs from Cryptopsaras, the only other genus of the Ceratiidae, by having 9 caudal-fin rays, the ninth or ventral-most ray reduced to a small remnant (vs. 8 caudal-fin rays), and by the absence of a spine on the anterodorsal margin of the subopercle (Bertelsen, 1951; Pietsch, 1986, 2009). Metamorphosed females of Ceratias are further differentiated from those of Cryptopsaras by having a long illicium, 19.0– 28.2% SL (vs. illicium reduced to a small remnant, nearly fully enveloped by tissue of the esca), and by the number of club-shaped caruncles on the dorsal midline of the trunk just anterior to the origin of the soft dorsal fin (2 vs. 3) (Pietsch, 1986, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F2FFFE4FC85FD33DE71FBA7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F2FFFE4FCB6FE98D8E8FDDD.text	5D77BB3E0F2FFFE4FCB6FE98D8E8FDDD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ceratiidae	<div><p>CERATIIDAE</p><p>Females of the Ceratiidae are distinguished by having an elongate, laterally compressed body; mouth almost vertical to strongly oblique; 2 or 3 club-shaped caruncles (low fleshy appendages) on the dorsal midline just anterior to the soft dorsal fin; dorsal-fin rays 4 or (rarely) 5; 4 anal-fin rays; 15–19 pectoral-fin rays; caudal fin rounded, with 8 well-developed rays (the ninth or lower-most ray reduced to a small remnant in Ceratias); the pterygiophore of the illicium emerging anteriorly well behind the tip of the snout and posteriorly on the back, near the soft dorsal-fin origin; males obligatory sexual parasites as adults (Pietsch, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F2FFFE4FCB6FE98D8E8FDDD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F2FFFE3FD37FBAED90FFBFA.text	5D77BB3E0F2FFFE3FD37FBAED90FFBFA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ceratias uranoscopus Murray 1877	<div><p>Ceratias uranoscopus Murray, 1877</p><p>(Figs. 1A, 2)</p><p>Diagnosis. Metamorphosed females of Ceratias uranoscopus differ from those of C. holboelli Krøyer, 1845 and C. tentaculatus (Norman, 1930), the other two known species of the genus, by the absence of distal escal appendages (vs. presence of a single distal escal appendages or a pair of distal escal appendages), and by the lack of vomerine teeth (vs. present or nearly always present) (Pietsch, 1986, 2009).</p><p>Geographical distribution. Ceratias uranoscopus is widely distributed in the <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-27.516666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -27.516666/lat 0.05)">Atlantic</a> and Pacific. It is also known from the <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-27.516666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -27.516666/lat 0.05)">Indian Ocean</a> based on three specimens collected off South Africa, India, and the <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-27.516666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -27.516666/lat 0.05)">Arabian Sea</a> (Pietsch, 1986, 2009; Rajeeshkumar et al., 2016). <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-27.516666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -27.516666/lat 0.05)">In</a> the <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-27.516666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -27.516666/lat 0.05)">Atlantic</a>, it is reported from off <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-27.516666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -27.516666/lat 0.05)">Nova Scotia</a> in the west to approximately 40ºS off <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-27.516666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -27.516666/lat 0.05)">Cape Town</a> in the east (Pietsch, 2009). <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-27.516666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -27.516666/lat 0.05)">The</a> species was previously reported in <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-27.516666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -27.516666/lat 0.05)">Brazilian</a> waters based on a specimen (129 mm SL) collected off <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-27.516666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -27.516666/lat 0.05)">southeastern Saint Peter</a> and <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-27.516666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -27.516666/lat 0.05)">Saint Paul Archipelago</a> (MCZ 42845, 0º03’N 27º31’W) (Pietsch, 1986; Menezes et al., 2003; Melo et al., 2020). In the present study, a single specimen is reported nearby Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, at 850 m depth (Fig. 2).</p><p>Remarks. Three additional small (31–51 mm SL) specimens of Ceratias (NPM 4974, NPM 4978, NPM 4979) were also collected during the ABRACOS expeditions, but</p><p>identification was only possible to genus. They were collected around Rocas Atoll (610 m depth) and near the seamounts off Rio Grande do Norte State (670–700 m depth) (Fig. 2).</p><p>In addition to Ceratias uranoscopus, C. holboelli and C. tentaculatus were previously reported in the western South Atlantic (Sutton et al., 2008; Porteiro et al., 2017). Ceratias holboelli is widely distributed in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, with records in the Atlantic ranging between 68ºN and 14ºS. The species was recorded in Brazilian waters based on a single specimen collected off Ilhéus, Bahia State (MNRJ 30701, 14º36’36”S 38º49’21”W; Pietsch, 2009; Fig. 2). This specimen was previously identified as C. uranoscopus by Costa et al. (2007). Melo et al. (2020) also listed C. uranoscopus in Brazilian waters based on this misidentification. Ceratias tentaculatus is restricted to the Southern Hemisphere with two records in the western South Atlantic, one off northern Argentina (ISH 435/71, 38º20’S 54º33’W), and another off Rio Grande do Sul State, close to the Brazilian EEZ (ISH 1657/68, 35°16’S 49°26’W) (Pietsch, 1986). Ceratias tentaculatus has also been briefly mentioned as occurring off Uruguay (Nión et al., 2016).</p><p>Cryptopsaras couesii Gill, 1883 is known from the Atlantic, Indian and <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-29.437777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.460001" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -29.437777/lat -20.460001)">Pacific Oceans</a> (Pietsch, 2009). <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-29.437777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.460001" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -29.437777/lat -20.460001)">The</a> species was also reported in <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-29.437777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.460001" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -29.437777/lat -20.460001)">Brazilian</a> waters based on specimens collected off Pará State (MCZ 147828, 01º24’N 45º24’W) and off Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (MCZ 45065, 00º58’S 27º34’W; MCZ 76502, 00º34’N 30º43’W) (Pietsch, 1986; Edwards, 1993; Menezes et al., 2003; Sutton et al., 2008; Pietsch, 2009; Porteiro et al., 2017; Melo et al., 2020; Fig. 2). Larvae of C. couesii have also been recently reported off <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-29.437777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.460001" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -29.437777/lat -20.460001)">Trindade Island</a> (20°27’36”S 29°26’16”W; Stocco, Joyeux, 2015).</p><p>Material examined. NPM 5060, 1, 76 mm (Fig. 1A), RV Antea, sta. AB2/44A, 3°52’52.5”S 32°17’33.3”W to 3°52’13.4”S 32°16’28.0”W, 850 m, 28 Apr 2017, 12:44– 13:17 h.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F2FFFE3FD37FBAED90FFBFA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F28FFE3FCF3FB18DEE0F997.text	5D77BB3E0F28FFE3FCF3FB18DEE0F997.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Himantolophidae	<div><p>HIMANTOLOPHIDAE</p><p>Females of the Himantolophidae are distinguished by having a short, deep, globular body; lower jaw unusually blunt, extending anteriorly beyond the upper jaw; illicium thick and stout, esca unusually large and anatomically complex, the pterygiophore of the illicium fully embedded in the dermis of the head; low and rounded wart-like papilla covering the snout and chin; sphenotic spines well developed, spines absent on quadrate, articular, angular and preopercular bones; jaw teeth numerous and short, arranged in several close-set longitudinal series, vomer broad and toothless; skin of specimens larger than 30–40 mm SL, with large, widely spaced bony plates, each bearing a single median spine; 5–6 dorsal-fin rays, 4 anal-fin rays, 14–18 pectoral fin-rays, 9 caudal-fin rays; males free-living, apparently never parasitic on females (Bertelsen, Krefft, 1988; Pietsch, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F28FFE3FCF3FB18DEE0F997	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F28FFE3FCC4F9FEDEC2F8CA.text	5D77BB3E0F28FFE3FCC4F9FEDEC2F8CA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Himantolophus Reinhardt 1837	<div><p>Himantolophus Reinhardt, 1837</p><p>Diagnosis. Himantolophus is the only genus in the family. In addition to the diagnostic features of the Himantolophidae, females and males are distinguished by the absence of the parietal bone throughout life (vs. parietal present or lost during metamorphosis in females of the gigantactinid genus Rhynchactis), and by the presence of a triradiate pelvic bone (sometimes also present in the oneirodid genus Chaenophryne) (Pietsch, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F28FFE3FCC4F9FEDEC2F8CA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F29FFE1FC92F9FED9C1FA0A.text	5D77BB3E0F29FFE1FC92F9FED9C1FA0A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Himantolophus sp.	<div><p>Himantolophus sp.</p><p>(Figs. 1B, 2)</p><p>Geographical distribution. A total of 13 larvae and juvenile specimens were collected off Rio Grande do Norte State, the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Rocas Atoll, and the seamounts off Rio Grande do Norte State, between 35 and 1,113 m (Fig. 2).</p><p>Remarks. Due to the immature nature of the specimens collected in this study, identification was possible only to genus. It is also possible that those specimens represent more than one species. Himantolophus currently includes 20 species distributed among five species groups, with representatives of all groups occurring in the Atlantic Ocean (Bertelsen, Krefft, 1988; Pietsch, 2009; Stewart, Pietsch, 2010; Pietsch, Kenaley, 2011; Fricke et al., 2021). Two species of Himantolophus were previously reported in Brazilian waters: Himantolophus macroceras Bertelsen &amp; Krefft, 1988, known from five specimens reported from the central Atlantic, including one collected off Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (MCZ 58177, 0º10’N 27º30’W; Bertelsen, Krefft, 1988); and Himantolophus groenlandicus Reinhardt, 1837, widely distributed in the Atlantic, with one specimen reported off Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (MCZ 49841, 1º02’N 29º04’W; Bertelsen, Krefft, 1988; Fig. 2). A third species, Himantolophus paucifilosus Bertelsen &amp; Krefft, 1988, might also occur off Brazil (Melo et al., 2020; see Discussion).</p><p>Material examined. NPM 3840, 1, 9.5 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB1/5, 4°05’23.9”S 32°10’49.0”W to 4°04’33.4”S 32°11’53.1”W, 85 m, 2 Oct 2015, 21:18–22:48 h; NPM 3841, 3, 8.5–13 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB1/12, 3°56’19.0”S 33°30’39.2”W to 3°56’35.8”S 33°32’00.3”W, 130 m, 5 Oct 2015, 21:24–21:54 h; NPM 4959, 1, 37 mm (Fig. 1B), RV Antea, sta. AB2/39, 4°52’26.9”S 34°35’22.9”W to 4°50’52.8”S 34°51’04.7”W, 650–800 m, 24 Apr 2017, 21:49–22:37 h; NPM 4961, 1, 24 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/42A, 3°15’28.1”S 31°48’29.1”W to 3°15’27.8”S 31°50’40.6”W, 780 m, 27 Apr 2017, 12:23– 12:26 h; NPM 4964, 1, 21 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/44A, 3°52’52.5”S 32°17’33.3”W to 3°52’13.4”S 32°16’28.0”W, 850 m, 28 Apr 2017, 12:44–13:17 h; NPM 4968, 1, 24 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/49A, 4°10’38.1”S 33°16’07.4”W to 4°10’58.0”S 33°15’03.8”W, 770–1020 m, 30 Apr 2017, 21:17–21:52 h; NPM 4973, 1, 19 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/53A, 3°48’58.7”S 33°59’17.1”W to 3°50’05.8”S 33°58’46.5”W, 610 m, 2 May 2017, 22:08–22:40 h; NPM 4982, 1, 29 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/59A, 3°38’01.6”S 36°31’46.3”W to 3°38’36.1”S 36°17’49.7”W, 700–1113 m, 5 May 2017, 21:57–22:37 h; NPM 4984, 1, 30 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/59A, 3°38’01.6”S 36°31’46.3”W to 3°38’36.1”S 36°17’49.7”W, 700–1113 m, 5 May 2017, 21:57–22:37 h; NPM 5221, 1, 18 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB1/4, 3°54’29.9”S 32°20’24.8”W to 3°53’19.3”S 32°19’26.3”W, 90 m, 2 Oct 2015, 14:00–14:30 h; NPM 5223, 1, 50 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB1/23, 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.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F29FFE1FC92F9FED9C1FA0A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F2AFFE1FC85FA48DF13F8ED.text	5D77BB3E0F2AFFE1FC85FA48DF13F8ED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melanocetidae	<div><p>MELANOCETIDAE</p><p>Females of the Melanocetidae are distinguished by having a short, deep body, globular; mouth large, opening oblique to nearly vertical; numerous well-developed teeth on jaws; vomer usually well-toothed, with a single row of up to 12 teeth; head smooth and rounded, spines absent on the sphenotic, quadrate and articular bones; illicium emerging on snout, its supporting pterygiophore fully embedded in skin of head; body smooth, dermal spines or spinules absent; dorsal fin long, with 13–16 (rarely 12 or 17) rays, anal fin short, with 4 (rarely 3 or 5) rays, and 15–23 pectoral-fin rays; males may attach temporarily to females (Pietsch, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F2AFFE1FC85FA48DF13F8ED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F2BFFE0FCE0FA8ED8FFFA0A.text	5D77BB3E0F2BFFE0FCE0FA8ED8FFFA0A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melanocetus Gunther 1864	<div><p>Melanocetus Günther, 1864</p><p>Diagnosis. Melanocetus is the only genus in the Melanocetidae; diagnostic features are as those of the family (Pietsch, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F2BFFE0FCE0FA8ED8FFFA0A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F2BFFEFFD27FA49D842FB6A.text	5D77BB3E0F2BFFEFFD27FA49D842FB6A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melanocetus johnsonii Gunther 1864	<div><p>Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864</p><p>(Figs. 1C, 3)</p><p>Diagnosis. Metamorphosed females of Melanocetus johnsonii differ from congeners by the nearly straight anterior margin of the vomer; least outside width between frontals 13.5–28.6% SL; 48–134 teeth on upper jaw, 32–78 on lower jaw; length of longest tooth in lower jaw 8.4–25.0% SL; width of pectoral-fin lobe 10.7–17.8% SL; width of escal bulb 4.3–8.6% SL; length of illicium 32.4–60.8% SL; esca with posterior and usually anterior crests; skin with minute spinules over most of body; integument relatively thick (1.55 mm) (Pietsch, Van Duzer, 1980; Pietsch, 2009).</p><p>Geographical distribution. Melanocetus johnsonii occurs in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was previously reported in Brazilian waters based on specimens collected off Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (MCZ 42849, 0º24’N 27º32’W; Pietsch, Van Duzer, 1980), Espírito Santo State (MNRJ 30702, 20º27’40”S 39º38’06”W; MNRJ 30703, 19º43’40”S 38º39’50”W; Pietsch, 2009), and Trindade Island (ISH 2352–1968, 21º04’S 30º08’W; Pietsch, Van Duzer, 1980; Menezes et al., 2003; Pietsch, 2009). The five specimens identified here were collected off <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-30.133333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-21.066668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -30.133333/lat -21.066668)">Fernando de Noronha Archipelago</a> and seamounts off Rio Grande do Norte State, between depths of 58 and 1,113 m (Fig. 3).</p><p>Remarks. Six additional juvenile (20–88 mm SL) specimens of Melanocetus collected in this study were only identified to genus (NPM 4956, NPM 4957, NPM 4967, NPM 4971, NPM 4976, NPM 4983). They were collected off Pernambuco State, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, and near the seamounts off Rio Grande do Norte State, between depths of 680 and 1,113 m. Melanocetus murrayi Günther, 1887, with a circumglobal distribution, was recorded off Brazil, around Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (MCZ 42847, 1º20’30”S 27º37’30”W) and off northern Trindade Island (ISH 1180– 1968, 17°33’S 28°13’W) (Pietsch, Van Duzer 1980; Menezes et al., 2003; Pietsch, 2009; Melo et al., 2020; Fig. 3).</p><p>Material examined. NPM 3837, 1, 10.5 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB1/7, 3°57’36.1”S 32°31’56.7”W to 3°56’48.1”S 32°31’05.3”W, 58 m, 3 Oct 2015, 19:22–19:52 h; NPM 3838, 1, 13.5 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB1/9, 3°28’15.4”S 32°45’31.5”W to 3°27’36.5”S 32°46’43.9”W, 105 m, 4 Oct 2015, 21:17–21:47 h; NPM 4970, 2, 14–19 mm (Fig. 1C), RV Antea, sta. AB2/52A, 3°43’16.2”S 33°25’09.8”W to 3°42’14.2”S 33°24’36.2”W, 822–984 m, 2 May 2017, 11:47–12:18 h; NPM 4981, 1, 17.5 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/59A, 3°38’01.6”S 36°31’46.3”W to 3°38’36.1”S 36°17’49.7”W, 700–1113 m, 5 May 2017, 21:57–22:37 h.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F2BFFEFFD27FA49D842FB6A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F24FFEFFCEFFB68DF79F9BA.text	5D77BB3E0F24FFEFFCEFFB68DF79F9BA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thaumatichthyidae	<div><p>THAUMATICHTHYIDAE</p><p>Females of the Thaumatichthyidae are distinguished by having an elongate body; esca bearing 1–3 large toothlike denticles (bony hooks); upper jaw extending forward far beyond the lower jaw; premaxillae bearing numerous hooked teeth; upper arm of opercle divided into two or more branches; males and larvae of Lasiognathus are unknown, metamorphosed males of Thaumatichthys are unusually slender and elongate, apparently never parasitic on females (Pietsch, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F24FFEFFCEFFB68DF79F9BA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F24FFEDFC9EF9D8D827FDDC.text	5D77BB3E0F24FFEDFC9EF9D8D827FDDC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thaumatichthys sp.	<div><p>Thaumatichthys sp.</p><p>(Figs. 1D, 3)</p><p>Diagnosis. Metamorphosed females of Thaumatichthys differ from those of Lasiognathus, the only other recognized genus of the family by having the body strongly depressed dorsoventrally (vs. body compressed laterally); a broad and also depressed head (vs. head narrow); pterygiophore of illicium short, completely hidden beneath skin of</p><p>head (vs. pterygiophore of illicium long, anterior tip emerging on snout from between frontal bones); illicium also short, embedded within the esca (vs. illicium long, greater than 35% SL); esca hanging from roof of mouth, bearing a single dermal denticle (vs. esca at the tip of illicium, with 2 or 3 large toothlike denticles); skin on ventral and lateral surfaces of head, body and tail covered with close-set dermal spinules (vs. skin naked, dermal spinules absent); 6 or 7 dorsal-fin rays (vs. 5), and 4 anal-fin rays (vs. 5) (Bertelsen, Struhsaker, 1977; Pietsch, 2009).</p><p>Geographical distribution. A single specimen collected at the seamounts off Rio Grande do Norte State, between depths of 830 and 1,030 m (Fig. 3).</p><p>Remarks. Thaumatichthys has three valid species, with only Thaumatichthys binghami Parr, 1927 reported from the western Atlantic, in the Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and off Espírito Santo State, Brazil (MNRJ 30710, 19º45’S 39º30’W; Pietsch, 2009; Fig. 3). The single juvenile specimen recorded here could not be identified to species, but might be T. binghami .</p><p>Material examined. NPM 4985, 1, 32 mm (Fig. 1D), RV Antea, sta. AB2/54B, 3°45’17.2”S 34°41’04.0”W to 3°44’39.2”S 34°40’04.5”W, 830–1,030 m, mid-water trawl, 3 May 2017, 13:11–13:47 h.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F24FFEDFC9EF9D8D827FDDC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F26FFEDFCECFA6EDECAF8CA.text	5D77BB3E0F26FFEDFCECFA6EDECAF8CA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chaenophryne Regan 1925	<div><p>Chaenophryne Regan, 1925</p><p>Diagnosis. Metamorphosed females of Chaenophryne differ from other genera of the Oneirodidae by the presence of blunt protuberances on the dorsal surface of the head, sphenotic spines absent (vs. protuberances absent and sphenotic spines present), opercle only slightly concave posteriorly (vs. opercle deeply notched posteriorly), pelvic bones triradiate to broadly expanded distally (vs. pelvic bones rod shaped, with or without slight distal expansions), bones, especially those closely associated with the external surface of the head, highly cancellous (vs. not cancellous in other ceratioids), and illicium pterygiophore long, 70–82% SL (vs. less than 50% SL) (Pietsch, 1974, 1975, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F26FFEDFCECFA6EDECAF8CA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F26FFEDFCAFFD33D9ABFA67.text	5D77BB3E0F26FFEDFCAFFD33D9ABFA67.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Oneirodidae	<div><p>ONEIRODIDAE</p><p>Females of the Oneirodidae are distinguished by having a short, deep to moderately elongate and laterally compressed body; mouth oblique to nearly horizontal, jaws equal anteriorly; illicium with a bulbous distal light organ; pterygiophore of the illicium usually emerging anteriorly on the snout, extending posteriorly on the back behind the head only in Oneirodes; top of head usually bearing sharp sphenotic spines, absent only in Chaenophryne and short in Ctenochirichthys; quadrate and articular spines usually well developed; skin smooth, dermal spines or spinules absent except in Spiniphryne; 4–8 dorsal-fin rays, 4–7 anal fin-rays, 13–30 pectoral-fin rays; a narrow, spatulate, anterodorsally directed process that overlaps the posterolateral surface of the respective sphenotic present in metamorphosed females; males usually free-living, non-parasitic, but two species apparently with facultative sexual parasitism (Pietsch, 2009).</p><p>In addition to the species reported below, three other oneirodids have been recorded in the Brazilian EEZ: Microlophichthys microlophus (Regan, 1925), collected off Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (MCZ 47566, 0º02’N 27º30’W to 0º03’N 27º31’W; MCZ 47567, 1º20’S 27º37’W; Pietsch, 2009); Oneirodes notius Pietsch, 1974, off Rio Grande do Sul State (MZUSP 78220, 31º04’S 49º15’W; Figueiredo et al., 2002); and Pentherichthys atratus (Regan &amp; Trewavas, 1932), collected off Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (MCZ 42852, 5º42’S 32º25’W; Pietsch, 2009) and Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (MCZ 47569, 1º20’S 27º37’W; MCZ 97115, 4º3’12”N 29º37’36”W; Pietsch, 2009) (Fig. 4).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F26FFEDFCAFFD33D9ABFA67	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F27FFECFCC8FF2EDFA6FB47.text	5D77BB3E0F27FFECFCC8FF2EDFA6FB47.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chaenophryne draco Beebe 1932	<div><p>Chaenophryne draco Beebe, 1932</p><p>(Figs. 1E, 4)</p><p>Diagnosis. Among the five valid species of Chaenophryne, C. draco, C. longiceps Regan, 1925 and C. ramifera Regan &amp; Trewavas, 1932 are reported from the Atlantic Ocean (Pietsch, 1975, 2009). Females of Chaenophryne draco differ from all other congeners by the absence of anterolateral escal appendages (vs. esca with 1–3 anterolateral appendages on each side), and ratio of number of teeth in upper and lower jaws in specimens 20 mm or larger (1.08–1.45 vs. 0.76–1.30). The species is further distinguished from C. longiceps by having esca with an unpaired internally pigmented anterior appendage (vs. esca with a pair of internally pigmented anterior appendages); width of escal bulb 2.1–6.6% SL in specimens larger than 20 mm (vs. width of escal bulb 5.3–11.4% SL in specimens larger than 20 mm); pectoral-fin rays 16–19, rarely more than 18 (vs. 17–22, rarely less than 18). Chaenophryne draco also seems to differ from C. ramifera by a slightly shorter illicium (24.0–36.4% SL vs. 32.8–47.4% SL) and by fewer dorsal-fin rays (6–8 vs. 7–8) (Pietsch, 1975; Pietsch, 2007, 2009).</p><p>Geographical distribution. Chaenophryne draco is widespread in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. In the <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-38.66389&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.727777" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -38.66389/lat -19.727777)">Atlantic</a>, it has been reported from Greenland to Cape Verde, with additional records from off Cape <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-38.66389&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.727777" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -38.66389/lat -19.727777)">Town</a>, South Africa, and off Espírito Santo State, Brazil (MNRJ 30707, 19º43’40”S 38º39’50”W; Pietsch, 1975, 2009; Sutton et al., 2008; Porteiro et al., 2017). <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-38.66389&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.727777" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -38.66389/lat -19.727777)">Species</a> is reported here based on two specimens collected off Pernambuco State and Rocas Atoll, between depths of 680 and 984 m (Fig. 4).</p><p>Material examined. NPM 4954, 1, 90 mm (Fig. 1E), RV Antea, sta. AB2/16, 7°36’15.0”S 33°59’30.0”W to 7°36’49.3”S 33°57’18.7”W, 680 m, 14 Apr 2017, 21:53– 22:39 h; NPM 4969, 1, 55 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/52A, 3°43’16.2”S 33°25’09.8”W to 3°42’14.2”S 33°24’36.2”W, 822–984 m, 2 May 2017, 11:47–12:18 h.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F27FFECFCC8FF2EDFA6FB47	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F27FFEAFD62FA8ED90FFD3A.text	5D77BB3E0F27FFEAFD62FA8ED90FFD3A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chaenophryne ramifera Regan & Trewavas 1932	<div><p>Chaenophryne ramifera Regan &amp; Trewavas, 1932</p><p>(Figs. 1F, 4)</p><p>Diagnosis. Females of Chaenophryne ramifera are distinguished from those of C. longiceps by having a single, elongate, internally pigmented, anterior escal appendage (vs. esca with a pair of internally pigmented, anterior appendages), medial escal appendages absent (vs. medial escal appendage or appendages present), width of escal bulb 4.5–6.5% SL in specimens 20 mm or larger (vs. 5.3–11.4% SL in specimens 20 mm or larger), pectoral-fin rays 16–19 (vs. 17–22, rarely less than 18); they are also distinguished from C. draco by having two or three filamentous, anterolateral escal appendages on each side (vs. esca without anterolateral appendages), and by the ratio between number of teeth in upper jaw to number of teeth in lower jaw 0.76–0.98 (vs. 1.08–1.45) (Pietsch, 1975, 2007, 2009).</p><p>Geographical distribution. Chaenophryne ramifera occurs in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. In the Atlantic, the species has been reported between 35°N off North Carolina and 12°S off Angola, with records near the Brazilian EEZ off Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Pietsch, 1975, 2009). Chaenophryne ramifera is recorded for the first time in the Brazilian EEZ based on specimens collected off Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Rocas Atoll, and Rio Grande do Norte and Pernambuco States, between depths of 505 and 850 m (Fig. 4).</p><p>Remarks. Two other specimens of Chaenophryne (NPM 4963, 28 mm SL; NPM 5219, 17 mm SL) could not be identified to species due to their extremely small sizes. They were collected from off Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Rocas Atoll, between depths of 510 and 850 m (Fig. 4).</p><p>Material examined. NPM 4955, 1, 32 mm (Fig. 1F), RV Antea, sta. AB2/16, 7°36’15.0”S 33°59’30.0”W to 7°36’49.3”S 33°57’18.7”W, 680 m, 14 Apr 2017, 21:53– 22:39 h; NPM 4958, 1, 40 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/39, 4°52’26.9”S 34°03’32.3”W to 4°50’52.8”S 34°05’06.5”W, 650–800 m, 24 Apr 2017, 21:49–22:37 h; NPM 5061, 1, 44 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/44A, 3°52’52.5”S 32°17’33.3”W to 3°52’13.4”S 32°16’28.0”W, 850 m, 28 Apr 2017, 12:44–13:17 h; NPM 5062, 1, 50 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/48A, 4°25’05.3”S 32°57’52.1”W to 4°25’24.9”S 32°56’55.5”W, 505 m, 30 Apr 2017, 10:30– 10:58 h.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F27FFEAFD62FA8ED90FFD3A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F21FFEAFCECFD58D9B2F9BA.text	5D77BB3E0F21FFEAFCECFD58D9B2F9BA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dolopichthys Garman 1899	<div><p>Dolopichthys Garman, 1899</p><p>Diagnosis. Females of Dolopichthys differ from those of Chaenophryne by the presence of sphenotic spines (vs. absence of sphenotic spines), opercle deeply notched posteriorly (vs. opercle not deeply notched posteriorly), pelvic bones rod shaped, with or without slight distal expansion (vs. pelvic bones triradiate or greatly expanded distally); from Oneirodes, Tyrannophryne, Phyllorhinichthys, Microlophichthys, and Danaphryne by having the dorsal margin of frontal bones nearly straight (vs. dorsal margin of frontal bones strongly convex) and subopercle long and narrow, ventral end strongly oval (vs. subopercle short and broad, ventral end nearly circular); from Ctenochirichthys, Leptacanthichthys, Chirophryne and Puck by the pectoral-fin lobe broad, shorter than the longest pectoral-fin rays (vs. pectoral-fin lobe narrow, longer than longest pectoral-fin rays); from Bertella by having the hyomandibula with a double head (vs. hyomandibula with a single head); from Dermatias by the depth of caudal peduncle less than 20% SL (vs. greater than 20% SL); from Lophodolos by the illicial apparatus emerging near the tip of snout, between the frontal bones (vs. illicial apparatus emerging from the dorsal surface of head, between or behind sphenotic spines); from Pentherichthys by having the lower jaw with a symphysial spine (vs. lower jaw without a symphysial spine, ventral margin of dentaries at symphysis concave), and caudal-fin rays without internal pigment (vs. caudal-fin rays internally pigmented); and from Spiniphryne by the skin naked or the presence of only minute, widely spaced dermal spinules, visible only with the aid of a microscope in cleared and stained specimens (vs. skin covered with close-set dermal spinules) (Pietsch, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F21FFEAFCECFD58D9B2F9BA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F21FFE9FCADF9D8D9C1FDAC.text	5D77BB3E0F21FFE9FCADF9D8D9C1FDAC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dolopichthys sp.	<div><p>Dolopichthys sp.</p><p>(Figs. 1G, 4)</p><p>Diagnosis. As for genus.</p><p>Geographical distribution. All seven valid species of Dolopichthys occur in the Atlantic Ocean and two of them were reported from the western South Atlantic near</p><p>the Brazilian EEZ: Dolopichthys danae Regan, 1926, and D. pullatus Regan &amp; Trewavas, 1932 (Pietsch, 1972, 2009). The small specimen of Dolopichthys reported here and identified only to genus, however, represents the first record of the genus in Brazilian waters. The specimen was collected near the seamounts off Rio Grande do Norte State, between depths of 830 and 1,030 m (Fig. 4).</p><p>Material examined. NPM 4980, 1, 35 mm (Fig. 1G), RV Antea, sta. AB2/54B, 3°45’17.2”S 34°41’04.0”W to 3°44’39.2”S 34°40’04.5”W, 830–1,030 m, 3 May 2017, 13:11–13:47 h.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F21FFE9FCADF9D8D9C1FDAC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F22FFE9FCF4FDA3D8D3FCFD.text	5D77BB3E0F22FFE9FCF4FDA3D8D3FCFD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Oneirodes Lutken 1871	<div><p>Oneirodes Lütken, 1871</p><p>Diagnosis. Oneirodes is the largest genus of the Ceratioidei, with 35 currently recognized species. Metamorphosed females of Oneirodes differ from those of all other genera of the Oneirodidae by having the posterior end of the pterygiophore of the illicium protruding from the dorsal midline of the trunk behind the head (vs. posterior end of the pterygiophore of the illicium not protruding from the dorsal midline of the trunk behind the head) (Pietsch, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F22FFE9FCF4FDA3D8D3FCFD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F22FFE8FD39FC13DE52FDE7.text	5D77BB3E0F22FFE8FD39FC13DE52FDE7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Oneirodes anisacanthus Regan 1925	<div><p>Oneirodes anisacanthus Regan, 1925</p><p>(Figs. 1H, 4)</p><p>Diagnosis. Females of Oneirodes anisacanthus differ from those of its congeners, except O. plagionema, O. kreffti, O. posti, O. rosenblatti, O. dicromischus, O. luetkeni, O. carlsbergi, and those of the O. schmidti group, by the presence of a well-developed lateral escal appendage (vs. esca with lateral appendage minute or absent). Oneirodes anisacanthus differs from O. plagionema by the posterior escal appendage about onethird the length of escal bulb (vs. posterior escal appendage minute), anterior appendage anterodorsally directed, bearing numerous short filaments, and 2 unpigmented tapering filaments on anterior margin near the distal tip (vs. anterior appendage narrow, elongate, and anteroventrally directed, bearing a single short distal filament); from O. kreffti and O. posti by the esca without elongate medial appendages (vs. esca with 2 or 3 medial filaments more than twice the length of escal bulb); from O. rosenblatti and O. dicromischus by the lower jaw with fewer than 90 teeth in specimens greater than 45 mm, fewer than 60 teeth in specimens greater than 25 mm (vs. lower jaw with more than 90 teeth in specimens greater than 45 mm, more than 60 teeth in specimens greater than 25 mm), 3–9 (usually fewer than 8) teeth on vomer in specimens greater than 25 mm (vs. 8–14, usually more than 9 teeth); from O. luetkeni and O. carlsbergi by the presence of teeth on the epibranchial of the first gill arch (vs. epibranchial teeth absent); and from species of the O. schmidti group by the anterior escal appendage internally pigmented, anterolateral appendages absent (vs. anterior appendage without internal pigment, usually two pairs of filamentous anterolateral appendages) (Pietsch, 1974, 2009; Orr, 1991; Prokofiev, 2014a,b; Ho et al., 2016; Rajeeshkumar et al., 2017; Ho, Shao, 2019).</p><p>Geographical distribution. Oneirodes anisacanthus is widespread in the Atlantic Ocean, with records from off eastern Greenland, the Caribbean Sea, Madeira, Gulf of Guinea, and off Cape Town, South Africa (Pietsch, 1974, 2009). The two specimens collected around the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and the seamounts off Rio Grande do Norte State, between depths of 505 and 1,030 m (Fig. 4), represent the first record of the species in Brazilian waters and in the western South Atlantic .</p><p>Material examined. NPM 4965, 1, 48 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/48A, 4°25’05.3”S 32°57’52.1”W to 4°25’24.9”S 32°56’55.5”W, 505 m, 30 Apr 2017, 10:30–10:58 h; NPM 4977, 1, 30 mm (Fig. 1H), RV Antea, sta. AB2/54B, 3°45’17.2”S 34°41’04.0”W to 3°44’39.2”S 34°40’04.5”W, 830–1,030 m, 3 May 2017, 13:11–13:47 h.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F22FFE8FD39FC13DE52FDE7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F23FFF7FC89F94EDF15FDAD.text	5D77BB3E0F23FFF7FC89F94EDF15FDAD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Caulophrynidae	<div><p>CAULOPHRYNIDAE</p><p>Females of the Caulophrynidae are distinguished by having a short, deep body, more or less globular; mouth large, lower jaw usually extending posteriorly beyond the base of the pectoral-fin lobe; jaw teeth unusually large; epibranchial and ceratobranchial teeth absent; illicium without a bulbous bacteria-filled light organ, the pterygiophore of the illicium fully embedded beneath skin of head; skin smooth and naked, spines or dermal denticles absent; lateral-line structures unusually well-developed, sense organs at the tips of cutaneous papillae; dorsal- and anal-fin rays apparently free, not interconnected by membrane, and usually longer than 60% SL; and 8 caudal-fin rays. Larvae of the Caulophrynidae are also distinguished in the Ceratioidei by the presence of pelvic fins, which are absent at all stages in other families of the suborder. Males are probably facultative parasites on females (Pietsch, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F23FFF7FC89F94EDF15FDAD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F23FFE8FD7EFDEEDFA0F907.text	5D77BB3E0F23FFE8FD7EFDEEDFA0F907.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Oneirodes carlsbergi (Regan & Trewavas 1932)	<div><p>Oneirodes carlsbergi (Regan &amp; Trewavas, 1932)</p><p>(Figs. 1I, 4)</p><p>Diagnosis. Oneirodes carlsbergi differs from its congeners, except O. luetkeni, by the presence of teeth on the epibranchial of the first gill arch (vs. teeth absent). It differs from O. luetkeni, reported only from the eastern Pacific, by the number of teeth on the epibranchial of the first gill arch (1–5 vs. 6–17), number of toothed pharyngobranchials (two pairs of tooth-bearing pharyngobranchials vs. a single pair of tooth-bearing pharyngobranchials), ratio of lengths of dorsal and ventral forks of opercle (0.51–0.61 vs. 0.60–0.71), and esca with a tapering and internally pigmented anterior appendage (vs. anterior appendage without internal pigment, anterolateral appendage represented by a broad membranous flap) (Pietsch, 1974, 2009; Orr, 1991; Prokofiev, 2014a,b; Ho et al., 2016; Rajeeshkumar et al., 2017; Ho, Shao, 2019).</p><p>Geographical distribution. Oneirodes carlsbergi seems to have a circumtropical distribution between approximately 18ºN and 8ºS (Pietsch, 2009; Ho et al., 2016; Ho, Shao, 2019). One specimen recorded far from this presumably circumtropical range was collected off the Irish Atlantic slope (Pietsch, 2009). Other records in the Atlantic Ocean range from 17º49’N to 5º34’S, and include two records near the Brazilian EEZ (ISH 660 /66, 5º34’S 26º58’W; ISH 924 /68, 3º00’S 26º16’W) (Pietsch, 1974, 2009). In the present study O. carlsbergi is reported for the first time in Brazilian waters based on two specimens collected off Pernambuco State and <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-26.266666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -26.266666/lat -3.0)">Rocas Atoll</a>, between depths of 650 and 800 m (Fig. 4).</p><p>Material examined. NPM 4953, 1, 98 mm (Fig. 1I), RV Antea, sta. AB2/16, 7°36’15.0”S 33°59’30.0”W to 7°36’49.3”S 33°57’18.7”W, 680 m, 14 Apr 2017, 21:53– 22:39 h; NPM 4960, 1, 18.5 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/39, 4°52’26.9”S 34°03’32.3”W to 4°50’52.8”S 34°05’06.5”W, 650–800 m, 24 Apr 2017, 21:49–22:37 h.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F23FFE8FD7EFDEEDFA0F907	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F3CFFF7FCC8FDA3D875FCDA.text	5D77BB3E0F3CFFF7FCC8FDA3D875FCDA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Caulophryne Goode & Bean 1896	<div><p>Caulophryne Goode &amp; Bean, 1896</p><p>Diagnosis. Metamorphosed females of Caulophryne can be distinguished from those of Robia, the only other genus of the family (known from a single, 41 mm SL female collected in the western Central Pacific), by having a considerably shorter illicium (less than 130 mm vs. about 270 mm) and by the number and size of dorsal- and anal-fin rays (14–22 dorsal-fin rays, the longest ray&gt; 70% SL vs. 6 dorsal-fin rays, the longest ray &lt;65% SL; 12–19 anal-fin rays, the longest ray&gt; 60% SL vs. 5 anal-fin rays, the longest ray &lt;40% SL) (Pietsch, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F3CFFF7FCC8FDA3D875FCDA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F3CFFF7FCA2FC38D9C0F907.text	5D77BB3E0F3CFFF7FCA2FC38D9C0F907.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Caulophryne sp.	<div><p>Caulophryne sp.</p><p>(Figs. 1J, 5)</p><p>Diagnosis. Same as for genus.</p><p>Geographical distribution. Species of Caulophryne have been reported from the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans between approximately 65ºN and 50ºS (Pietsch, 2009). Three of the four currently recognized species of the genus are known from the Atlantic Ocean: Caulophryne jordani Goode &amp; Bean, 1896, known from the North Atlantic up to about 5ºN; 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 28ºS 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).</p><p>Material examined. NPM 3835, 1, 6 mm SL (Fig. 1J), RV Antea, sta. AB1/23, 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.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F3CFFF7FCA2FC38D9C0F907	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F3CFFF5FC8AF94EDF32FCDA.text	5D77BB3E0F3CFFF5FC8AF94EDF32FCDA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gigantactinidae	<div><p>GIGANTACTINIDAE</p><p>Females of the Gigantactinidae are distinguished by having an elongate, laterally compressed body; a long slender illicium, with highly variable lengths (less than SL to</p><p>nearly five times SL) emerging from the anteriormost tip of the snout; length of head less than 35% SL; mouth nearly horizontal, upper jaw extending slightly beyond lower jaw; epibranchial and ceratobranchial teeth absent; caudal peduncle unusually long and slender, more than 20% SL; 3–10 dorsal-fin rays, 3–8 anal-fin rays; caudal fin usually incised posteriorly, 9 caudal-fin rays, usually highly elongate. Males are probably free living, never parasitic (Pietsch, 2009).</p><p>In addition to the species recorded here, two species of the family have been previously reported in Brazilian waters: Gigantactis longicirra Waterman, 1939 and G. vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902 . Gigantactis longicirra is known from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In the Atlantic, it occurs in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada, south along the New England slope to the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, off Venezuela, and in the Gulf of Guinea. A single specimen was also collected off Espírito Santo State, Brazil (MNRJ 30700, 19º48’29”S 39º02’21”W; Pietsch, 2009). Gigantactis vanhoeffeni is known from the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, with records in the Atlantic ranging from off western Greenland to the South Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cape Verde Islands, Gulf of Guinea, and off South Africa (Bertelsen et al., 1981; Sutton et al., 2008; Pietsch, 2009; Porteiro et al., 2017). In Brazil, G. vanhoeffeni was recorded based on specimens collected off Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (MCZ 61049, 0º34’N 30º43’W) and off Espírito Santo State (MNRJ 30708, 21º12’18”S 40º00’53”W; Costa et al., 2007; Pietsch, 2009; Mincarone et al., 2017; Melo et al., 2020: 188, as “ verhoeffeni ”) (Fig. 5).</p><p>Two additional records of Gigantactis sp. in <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-39.81283&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-22.114529" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -39.81283/lat -22.114529)">Brazilian</a> waters are also known, one consisting of a female collected off Bahia State (MNRJ 30699, 13º30’28”S 38º38’59”W; Costa et al., 2007), and a female larva, collected off Rio de Janeiro State (DZUFRJ 1286, 22º06’52.3”S 39º48’46.2”W; Bonecker et al., 2014) (Fig. 5).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F3CFFF5FC8AF94EDF32FCDA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F3EFFF5FCF7FC38DEE8FA5D.text	5D77BB3E0F3EFFF5FCF7FC38DEE8FA5D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gigantactis Brauer 1902	<div><p>Gigantactis Brauer, 1902</p><p>Diagnosis. Metamorphosed females of Gigantactis are distinguished from those of Rhynchactis, the other genus of the family, by the absence of pelvic bones and by having 5–9 dorsal-fin rays (rarely 4–10) and 4–7 anal-fin rays (rarely 8) (vs. 3–4 dorsal-fin rays, rarely 5, and 3–4 anal-fin rays). They further differ from those of Rhynchactis by the following characters: frontal and parietal bones present (vs. absent), premaxilla well developed, with teeth present throughout their length (vs. premaxilla represented by a remnant bearing 0–2 teeth), maxilla reduced to threadlike remnants (vs. maxillae absent), dentary with several rows of strong recurved teeth (vs. dentary toothless or with only minute teeth), a single hypohyal (vs. two hypohyals), all caudal-fin rays unbranched (vs. 9 caudal-fins rays, 2 simple + 4 branched + 3 simple), skin spinulose (vs. skin covered with minute spinules in larger specimens, but juveniles naked), snout produced in front of mouth, illicium originating at its tip (vs. snout truncated, illicium origin slightly behind its tip), and esca consisting of an expanded luminous bulb (vs. absence of bulbous, terminal, escal light organs) (Bertelsen et al., 1981; Pietsch, 2009).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F3EFFF5FCF7FC38DEE8FA5D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F3EFFF3FDA7F9B3D9C1FBD7.text	5D77BB3E0F3EFFF3FDA7F9B3D9C1FBD7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gigantactis watermani Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg 1981	<div><p>Gigantactis watermani Bertelsen, Pietsch &amp; Lavenberg, 1981</p><p>(Figs. 5, 6A, 7)</p><p>Diagnosis. Twenty species of Gigantactis are recognized (two of doubtful validity: G. ovifer Regan &amp; Trewavas, 1932 and G. filibulbosus Fraser-Brunner, 1935), of which 14 are reported for the Atlantic. Gigantactis watermani differs from G. elsmani, G. kreffti, and G. perlatus by the length of the illicium (130–490% SL, rarely less than 200%, vs. 60–120% SL); from G. golovani, G. macronema, and G. gargantua (North Pacific and eastern South Indian Ocean) by the escal filaments (distal escal filaments simple, without posterior filaments on or below its base vs. esca with distal filaments branched, several filaments emerging from and below its base); it further differs from G. gargantua by the pigmentation of distal escal filaments (heavily pigmented for more than one-half their length vs. lightly pigmented for less than one-fifth their length) and position of proximal escal filaments (restricted to the anterior margin of the escal bulb vs. not restricted to the anterior margin of escal bulb); from G. ios, G. longicauda, G. macronema, G. microdontis (eastern Pacific), and G. savagei (eastern North Pacific) by the presence of a group of anterior filaments arising from the base of esca (vs. absence), escal bulb structure (distal part of escal bulb bearing four or five pairs of stout filaments along posterior margin vs. filaments of distal part of escal bulb different from above), and length of caudal-fin rays (second and seventh greater than 50% SL vs. longest caudal-fin rays less than 40% SL); from G. herwigi by the number of filaments at esca base (10 vs. less than 10), number of pair of filaments on the distal part of escal bulb (four or five, each with a pigmented swollen base vs. four, each gradually tapering and only faintly pigmented at base); from G. longicirra by the number and length of the dorsal-fin rays (4–7, all about equal in length vs. 8-10, the first and last distinctly longer than intermediate rays) and length of the first and eighth caudal-fin rays (less than 40% vs. 60–100% SL); and from G. gibbsi, G. gracilicauda, G. meadi, G. vanhoeffeni, and G. paxtoni (western South Indian Ocean and western South Pacific) by the absence of a darkly pigmented, spinulose distal prolongation in the esca (vs. presence of dark pigment) (Pietsch, 2009).</p><p>Geographical distribution. Only two metamorphosed females of Gigantactis watermani were previously known, one from the <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-18.366667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.0666667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -18.366667/lat 1.0666667)">eastern Tropical Atlantic</a> (ISH 2330 /71, 1º04’N 18º22’W) and another from the <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-18.366667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.0666667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -18.366667/lat 1.0666667)">western Tropical Pacific</a>, off New Caledonia (Pietsch, 2009). <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-18.366667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.0666667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -18.366667/lat 1.0666667)">The</a> specimen collected off seamounts of Rio Grande do Norte State, between depths of 700 and 1,113 m, represents the third known female specimen of the species and the first record in the South Atlantic (Fig. 5) .</p><p>Remarks. Morphological and meristic data of the specimen agree with the description provided by Bertelsen et al. (1981) for the holotype, but some slightly differences were noted in its escal anatomy. The esca is bilaterally asymmetric, with four stout, tapering filaments present on the left side and five filaments present on the right side. The base of the most proximal filament of the right side is, however, reduced, with the structure mostly represented by the swollen, dark pigmented proximal part and a tiny unpigmented narrow tip (Fig. 7). In addition, the left filament of the most distal pair of filaments is secondarily branched, resulting in three filaments for this pair. In the holotype, the filaments of the most distal pair have a single branch. Bertelsen et al. (1981) also indicated the presence of 12 narrow unpigmented filaments on the anterior margin base of the escal bulb, but 14 filaments are present in the specimen examined (Fig. 7), a number that is within the range noted by Pietsch (2009: 467) for the species.</p><p>One additional small-sized specimen (NPM 3836, 6 mm SL) of Gigantactis collected off Rio Grande do Norte State, between depths of 35 and 100 m, was identified only to genus (Fig. 5) .</p><p>Material examined. NPM 4424, 1, 170 mm (Fig. 6A), RV Antea, sta. AB2/59A, 3°38’01.6”S 36°31’46.3”W to 3°38’36.1”S 36°17’49.7”W, 700–1,113 m, 5 May 2017, 21:57–22:37 h.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F3EFFF3FDA7F9B3D9C1FBD7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F38FFF3FCFCFB3ED890FABC.text	5D77BB3E0F38FFF3FCFCFB3ED890FABC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhynchactis Regan 1925	<div><p>Rhynchactis Regan, 1925</p><p>Diagnosis. See “Diagnosis” of Gigantactis .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F38FFF3FCFCFB3ED890FABC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
5D77BB3E0F38FFF2FCA6FAD3DF93F997.text	5D77BB3E0F38FFF2FCA6FAD3DF93F997.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhynchactis sp.	<div><p>Rhynchactis sp.</p><p>(Figs. 5, 6B)</p><p>Geographical distribution. Two specimens were collected off Rio Grande do Norte State and Fernando de Noronha Archipelago between depths of 650 and 800 m (Fig. 5). As discussed below, they could not be identified to species, but represent the first record of the genus in Brazilian waters.</p><p>Remarks. Of the three valid species of Rhynchactis, two occur in the Atlantic: Rhynchactis leptonema Regan, 1925 and Rhynchactis macrothrix Bertelsen &amp; Pietsch, 1998 (Pietsch, 2009). Both species are poorly represented in collections and their geographic distributions are poorly known (Pietsch, 2009). Rhynchactis leptonema has been collected in a few localities of the Atlantic and Pacific (off Hawaii and Taiwan). In the Atlantic, it is known from the holotype collected in the western Tropical Atlantic (ZMUC P92133, 8º19’N 44º35’W). Rhynchactis macrothrix is also known from widely spread localities in the Atlantic and the western Indian and western Pacific Oceans. In the Atlantic, it is known from three specimens: the holotype collected in central equatorial waters (ISH 605/74, 7º55’N 32º41’W), and two specimens collected off Bermuda and in the Gulf of Mexico (Bertelsen, Pietsch, 1998; Pietsch, 2009).</p><p>The larger specimen reported here (NPM 4425, 113 mm SL; Fig. 6B) is in overall good condition but while it retains the full length of the illicium, the skin of the structure has been lost. The illicium length (208% SL) clearly indicates that it is not R. leptonema (maximum 177% SL; Bertelsen et al., 1981), being more similar in that respect to R. microthrix (210% SL; Bertelsen, Pietsch, 1998). The smaller specimen (NPM 5014) is an unidentified juvenile.</p><p>Material examined. NPM 4425, 1, 113 mm (Fig. 6B), RV Antea, sta. AB2/42A, 3°15’28.1”S 31°48’29.1”W to 3°15’27.8”S 31°50’40.6”W, 780 m, 27 Apr 2017, 12:23– 12:26 h; NPM 5014, 1, 42 mm, RV Antea, sta. AB2/39, 4°52’26.9”S 34°35’22.9”W to 4°50’52.8”S 34°51’04.7”W, 650–800 m, 24 Apr 2017, 21:49–22:37 h.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E0F38FFF2FCA6FAD3DF93F997	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mincarone, Michael Maia;Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix;Di Dario, Fabio;Eduardo, Leandro Nolé;Frédou, Thierry;Lucena-Frédou, Flávia;Bertrand, Arnaud;Pietsch, Theodore Wells	Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Pietsch, Theodore Wells (2021): Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone. Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2): 1-28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
