Photostomias goodyeari Kenaley & Hartel, 2005

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 : 45

Photostomias goodyeari Kenaley & Hartel, 2005

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Diagnosis. Photostomias goodyeari differs from congeners by the presence of three pairs of basibranchial tooth patches; 26–31 dorsal-fin rays, 30–33 anal-fin rays, sum of dorsal- and anal-fin rays 56–63, usually 57–61; male PO small to moderate in specimens larger than 60 mm, 54.5–103.2% fleshy orbit, 9.6–24.8% jaw length; male AO moderate in specimens larger than 60 mm, 11.2–25.1% fleshy orbit, 2.3–4.4% jaw length (Kenaley, Hartel, 2005; Sutton et al., 2020).

Geographical distribution. Atlantic Ocean, between 40ºN and 5ºS (Kenaley, Hartel, 2005; Hartel et al., 2008; Sutton et al., 2020). In the western Atlantic , the species was reported from off the United States, the Gulf of Mexico , the Caribbean Sea , Suriname, and northern Brazil, outside the EEZ (Kenaley, Hartel, 2005; Melo et al., 2020). Photostomias goodyeari was included in a list of Brazilian deep-sea fishes by Melo et al. (2020), without reference to voucher specimens. The occurrence of the species is therefore confirmed in the Brazilian EEZ based on one specimen collected off Rio Grande do Norte State, between depths of 600 and 860 m ( Fig. 7F ) .

Specimen examined. 1: NPM 4590, 1 (64 mm), AB2#39.

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FIGURE 7 | Records of species of Phosichthyidae (A), Astronesthinae (B, C), Chauliodontinae (D), Stomiinae (E), and Malacosteinae (F) collected during the ABRACOS expeditions off northeastern Brazil. Oceanic islands: RA, Rocas Atoll; FN, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago.