title: Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus (Labridae) confirmed in the south-western Atlantic Ocean.
abstract: Based on material deposited in collections, photographic records and other reports from fishermen and divers, the occurrence of the hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus (Labridae) is confirmed in the south-western Atlantic Ocean, near the Brazilian coast as far south as southern Brazil. The recognized range of this species should therefore be extended c. 3000 km further south.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Unidade de Ensino Penedo. Laboratório de Ictiologia e Conservação, Av. Beira Rio, s/n°, Centro Histórico, Penedo, AL, CEP 57200-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: C L S
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.affiliation: Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo, Campus Piúma. Rua Augusto da Costa Oliveira, 660, Praia Doce, Piúma, Espírito Santo, CEP 29285-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santander-Neto
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Departamento de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Campus Universitário, BR 101 s/n Lagoa Nova, Natal, RN, CEP 59072-970, Brazil.
authors.forename: T L A
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D001938:Brazil; D010473:Perciformes; D010781:Photography
keywords: Brazil; Labridae; conservation; new record; reef fish