Gadella imberbis (Vaillant 1888)

(Fig. 4 H)

Material examined. 98 specimens: MNRJ 26931 (4, 120.0–145.0 mm), T, E-535; MNRJ 27017 (1, 155.0 mm), T, E-498; MNRJ 27018 (5, 150.0–189.0 mm), T, E-518; MNRJ 27019 (2, 156.0–201.0 mm), T, E-543; MNRJ 27020 (10, 147.0–204.0 mm), T, D-464; MNRJ 30480 (14, 89.0–133.0 mm), T, E-503; MNRJ 30481 (42, 125.0–164.0 mm), T, E-499; MNRJ 30482 (19, 119.0–145.0 mm), T, E-502; MNRJ 30483 (1, 170.0 mm), T, E-511.

Distribution. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 233 to 1016 m. Gadella imberbis was described from off Cape Verde Islands (16°53’ N, 25°10’ W), and is known from the eastern and western Atlantic, from about 40° N to 30° S (Cohen et al. 1990; Menezes & Figueiredo 2003b).