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

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).

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Campos,Paula Nepomuceno, Paiva,Rosildo Santos, Bonecker,Ana Cristina Teixeira, Melo,Nuno Filipe Alves Correia de, Palheta,Glauber David Almeida, Contente,Cristiane Teixeira, Ramos,Caio Aguiar Rodrigues
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP 2007
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032007000100026
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