title: Fishes of the family Ipnopidae (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) collected on the Brazilian continental slope between 11 degrees and 23 degrees S.
abstract: A collection of fishes from the Brazilian continental slope between 11 degrees and 23 degrees S obtained through trawling revealed nine species of Ipnopidae. Bathypterois bigelowi and Bathytyphlops marionae represent first records from the south-western Atlantic Ocean and Bathypterois grallator is reported off Brazil for the first time. Four species have their distribution extended in Brazilian waters: Bathypterois phenax, Bathypterois quadrifilis, Bathypterois viridensis and Ipnops murrayi. An identification key of Ipnopidae species from the south-western Atlantic Ocean is included.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Dinâmica de Populações Marinhas, Departamento de Ecologia e Recursos Marinhos, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Av. Pasteur 458, Sala 410, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290-240, Brazil. ocyurus@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M A L
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: G W A
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Nunan
authors.forename: P A S
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D001938:Brazil; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*