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Six new records of deep-sea fish off north-eastern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Carolina Cerqueira de Paiva ,
Maria Elisabeth de Araújo ,
Rodrigo Antunes Caires ,
Rodrigo Salles ,
Ricardo Silveira de Medeiros  and
Tito Monteiro da Cruz Lotufo
Carolina Cerqueira de Paiva*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia Animal, Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, CEP 60165-081, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Maria Elisabeth de Araújo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50740-550, Recife, PE, Brazil
Rodrigo Antunes Caires
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Peixes, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Rodrigo Salles
Affiliation:
Campus Acaraú, Instituto Federal do Ceará, CEP 65580-000, Acaraú, CE, Brazil
Ricardo Silveira de Medeiros
Affiliation:
Fundação Nacional do Índio, CEP 68906-350, Macapá, AP, Brazil
Tito Monteiro da Cruz Lotufo
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia Animal, Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, CEP 60165-081, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C. Paiva, Laboratório de Ecologia Animal, Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, CEP 60165-081, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil email: carolinacdp@gmail.com
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Abstract

Six deep-sea fish species are recorded for the first time off north-eastern Brazil: Conger esculentus, Talismania homoptera, Physiculus kaupi, Ectreposebastes imus, Centrodraco oregonus and an unidentified species of Myroconger. The material was caught during the Programme REVIZEE (Programme for Assessment of the Sustainable Yield of Living Resources of the Exclusive Economic Zone) and by commercial fishery operations from 1998 to 2005 off the coasts of Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte States. These new records extend the geographical distribution range and fill geographical distribution gaps of the species herein reported.

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bathypelagicmesopelagicgeographical distributionCearáRio Grande do Norte
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e9
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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