First occurrence of Dolicholagus longirostris larvae (Maul 1948) (Osmeriformes, Bathylagidae) near the mouth of the Amazon River

Authors

  • Paula Nepomuceno Campos UFPA, CCB, Lab. de Botânica
  • Rosildo Santos Paiva UFPA, Centro Agropecuário
  • Ana Cristina Teixeira Bonecker UFRJ, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia
  • Nuno Filipe Alves Correia de Melo UFRA, ISARH, Laboratório de Ecologia Aquática e Aqüicultura Tropical
  • Glauber David Almeida Palheta UFRA, ISARH, Laboratório de Ecologia Aquática e Aqüicultura Tropical
  • Cristiane Teixeira Contente UFRA, ISARH, Laboratório de Ecologia Aquática e Aqüicultura Tropical
  • Caio Aguiar Rodrigues Ramos UFRA, ISARH, Laboratório de Ecologia Aquática e Aqüicultura Tropical

Keywords:

longsnout blacksmelt, Bathylagidae, fish larvae, distribution, north Brazilian coast

Abstract

The family Bathylagidae contains eight genera and 22 species, of which only five occur in the Southwest Atlantic. Until recently, only adult specimens of the bathylaginin Melanolagus bericoides had been recorded off southern Brazil, between the Santa Marta Cape and Rio Grande (31° S and 49° W). The present work reports the first occurrence of Dolicholagus longirostris larvae on the northern Brazilian coast, expanding its distribution in the Southwest Atlantic. The two specimens found were collected near the mouth of the Amazon River (02° 00' 19" N, 47° 03' 30" W, and 00° 49' 06" N, 46° 25' 09" W).
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Published

2007-01-01

How to Cite

Campos, P. N., Paiva, R. S., Bonecker, A. C. T., Melo, N. F. A. C. de, Palheta, G. D. A., Contente, C. T., & Ramos, C. A. R. (2007). First occurrence of Dolicholagus longirostris larvae (Maul 1948) (Osmeriformes, Bathylagidae) near the mouth of the Amazon River. Biota Neotropica, 7(1). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/267

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2007): v7n1

Section

Short Communications