Bregmaceros sp.

(Fig. 2 A)

Material examined. 74 specimens: MNRJ 26912 (1, 53.0 mm), ASTRO 2003021402; MNRJ 27001 (23, 39.0–56.0 mm), 21°31’ S, 39°47’ W, 97–138 m, R/V Thalassa, pelagic trawl; MNRJ 27002 (4, 64.0–68.0 mm), D-502; MNRJ 27003 (8, 51.0–63.0 mm), D-503; MNRJ 27004 (1, 56.0 mm), E-524; MNRJ 27005 (1, 61.0 mm), E-504; MNRJ 27006 (4, 49.0–65.0 mm), E-538; MNRJ 27007 (1, 61.0 mm), E-510; MNRJ 27008 (29, 45.0–67.0 mm), E-504; MNRJ 27009 (2, 60.0–61.0 mm), E-505.

Remarks. Collected from off Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, at depths of 266 to 1762 m. Five species of Bregmaceros were assigned for the western South Atlantic: Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode and Bean 1886; B. cantori Milliken and Houde 1984; B. cayorum Nichols 1952; B. houdei Saksena and Richards 1986; and B. macclellandi Günther 1862 (Milliken & Houde 1984; Shen & Wang 1991; Menezes 2003a; Torii et al. 2004). The genus is under revision and several new species remain to be described, including a species from the area of study (A. Harold, pers. comm., 2008).