Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880: 1 . Material examined. None.

Distribution. Western Atlantic— Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, and Brazil (Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) (Bouvier 1925; Holthuis 1974, 1991; Tavares 1998; Melo 1999; Tavares & Young 2002; Coelho et al. 2007; Serejo et al. 2007; Alves-Júnior et al. 2016).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include the locality 25°13′S 44°33′W (Holthuis 1974). Nephropsis agassizii and N. rosea occur offshore, mostly on mud or fine sand substrates among 580–2,900 m depth from Bahia to São Paulo (Serejo et al. 2007) and N. rosea was found in the north coast of Brazil between 41–626 m (Silva et al. 2013). Furthermore, due to its depths habit and relatively small size, N. agassizii is an unlikely target for fishing (Holthuis 1991; Santana et al. 2016).