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New records of marine eels (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) from Brazilian waters

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Two species of different families belonging to the order Anguilliformes have their ranges extended in the southwestern Atlantic: the chlopsid Chlopsis dentatus (Seale, 1917) from Rio de Janeiro and the… Click to show full abstract

Two species of different families belonging to the order Anguilliformes have their ranges extended in the southwestern Atlantic: the chlopsid Chlopsis dentatus (Seale, 1917) from Rio de Janeiro and the muraenid Gymnothorax maderensis (Johnson, 1862) from Bahia.  The new records extend the distribution of these species south along the Brazilian coastline.  Morphometric data of the specimens are provided and compared to data from the literature.

Keywords: teleostei anguilliformes; records marine; anguilliformes brazilian; eels teleostei; new records; marine eels

Journal Title: Check List
Year Published: 2017

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