Lamprogrammus brunswigi (Brauer 1906)

Mincarone, Michael M., Nielsen, Jørgen G., Costa, Paulo A. S. & Rv, Rv, 2008, Deep-sea ophidiiform fishes collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S, Zootaxa 1770 (1), pp. 41-64 : 52

Lamprogrammus brunswigi (Brauer 1906)

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Material examined. MOVI 38591-38592 (2, 990– 1010 mm SL), E-0507.

Diagnosis. Maxilla free, not sheathed posteriodorsally; one median basibranchial tooth patch.

Distribution. Circumglobal, except for eastern Pacific, at depths from 800 to 1600 m ( Cohen et al. 1991).

Remarks. First record in Brazilian waters. Collected from a single station off Bahia, from 1012 to 1049 m depth. A rare species, of which just 9 specimens (including the two herein presented) larger than 90 cm are known.

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FIGURE 3. Ophidiiform fishes collected off eastern Brazil during Thalassa and Astro Garoupa expeditions (asterisks indicate photo of preserved specimens): A. Echiodon cryomargarites*; B. Snyderidia canina; C. Acanthonus armatus; D. Barathrites parri; E. Barathrodemus manatinus; F. Bassogigas gilli; G. Bassozetus robustus; H. Dicrolene kanazawai; I. Eretmichthys pinnatus*; J. Holcomycteronus squamosus; K. Luciobrotula sp.*; L. Lamprogrammus brunswigi; M. Monomitopus agassizii*; N. Neobythites monocellatus*; O. Neobythites ocellatus*; P. Neobythites sp.*; Q.Penopus microphthalmus; R. Porogadus catena*; S. Porogadus miles; T. Xyelacyba myersi; U. Cataetyx messieri*; V. Diplacanthopoma brachysoma*.