Leptocephali collected off the eastern coast of Brazil (12 ° – 23 ° S). Author Marcia Salustiano de Castro Author Ana Cristina Teixeira Bonecker text Zootaxa 2005 935 1 28 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EA0A64C-D816-4404-8602-B8A4A37D170E journal article z00935p001 3EA0A64C-D816-4404-8602-B8A4A37D170E In the present study five specimens of Derichthys serpentinus Gill were collected during the spring and autumn cruises (Figure 16). They occurred along the Vitoria-Trindade ridge over the seamounts Jaseur and Almirante Saldanha. This species can be easily distinguished from the other two because it has fewer than 100 preanal myomeres (Smith, 1989g). Although D. serpentinus is widely distributed through the Atlantic Ocean (Smith, 1989g), it has never been recorded for Brazil. It was not possible to count the myomeres of the smallest leptocephali. Study Material: DZUFRJ 2811, 2812, 2846; five specimens; preanal myomeres 67-83; predorsal myomeres 45-50; LVBV myomeres 59-61; total myomeres ca 125; 11.5-55.0 mm SL.