Aristostomias grimaldii Zugmayer, 1913

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 : 40-41

Aristostomias grimaldii Zugmayer, 1913

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Diagnosis. Aristostomias grimaldii differs from congeners by the presence of 7–10 pectoral-fin rays; 14–16 PV photophores in close-set groups (5 groups of 2–4 photophores each); luminous dots between eye and postorbital organ; barbel ending in a thickened terminal region with a poorly defined bulb (Morrow, 1964c; McEachran, Fechhelm, 1998; Sutton et al., 2020).

Geographical distribution. Atlantic, eastern Indian, and central Pacific oceans, between 43ºN and 35ºS (Porteiro et al., 1999; Moore et al., 2003; Mundy, 2005; Goodyear,

1990; Nión et al., 2016; Sutton et al., 2020). In the western Atlantic , the species was reported from off the United States, Suriname, French Guiana , and Uruguay, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea (Bekker et al., 1975; Fujii, 1983c; McEachran, Fechhelm, 1998; Harold, 2003; Moore et al., 2003; Nión et al., 2016; Judkins, Haedrich, 2018). Aristostomias grimaldii is reported for the first time in the Brazilian EEZ based on five specimens collected between depths of 260 and 850 m off Rio Grande do Norte State, near the seamounts, and the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago ( Fig. 7F ) .

Specimens examined. 5 (65–86 mm SL): NPM 4622, 4 (65–86 mm), AB2#44A; NPM 4659,

1 (79 mm), AB2#56C

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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.