Triplophos hemingi (McArdle, 1901)

Villarins, Bárbara T., Dario, Fabio Di, Eduardo, Leandro N., Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Prokofiev, Artem M. & Mincarone, Michael M., 2022, Deep-sea dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) collected from off northeastern Brazil, with a review of the species reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone, Neotropical Ichthyology (e 220004) 20 (2), pp. 1-78 : 9-10

Triplophos hemingi (McArdle, 1901)

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Diagnosis. Same as for the genus.

Geographical distribution. Atlantic, Indian, and western Pacific oceans, between 23ºN and 20ºS (Grey, 1964; Lloris, 1982; Schaefer et al., 1986a; Quéro et al., 1990a; Randall, Lim, 2000; Harold, 2003; Sutton et al., 2020). In the western Atlantic, reported from the Caribbean Sea and Suriname (Grey, 1964; Harold, 2003; Saavedra-Díaz et al., 2004). The specimen of T. hemingi identified here was collected near the seamounts off Rio Grande do Norte State, between depths of 700 and 1,113 m ( Fig. 3A ), and represents the first record in the western South Atlantic.

Specimen examined. 1: NPM 4561, 1 (196 mm), AB2#59A.

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FIGURE 2 | A. Diplophos australis, NPM 4564, 99 mm SL; B. Diplophos taenia, NPM 4566, 129 mm SL; C. Manducus maderensis, NPM 4530, 63 mm SL; D. Triplophos hemingi, NPM 4561, 196 mm SL. Scale bars = 10 mm.

FIGURE 3 | Records of species of Diplophidae (A), Gonostomatidae (B, C) and Sternoptychidae (D, E, F) collected during the ABRACOS expeditions off northeastern Brazil. Oceanic islands: RA, Rocas Atoll; FN, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago.