Mare Magnum 1(1), 2001 ISSN 1676-5788 FIRST RECORD OF SOUTHERN LANTERNSHARK, Etmopterus granulosus (GÜNTHER, 1880) (SQUALIFORMES, DALATIIDAE), IN BRAZILIAN COAST Jules M. R. Soto Museu Oceanográfico do Vale do Itajaí, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, CP 360, CEP 88302-202, Itajaí, SC, Brazil.
[email protected] This paper presents the first record of the southern lanternshark, Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) off the Brazilian coast, based on an immature male, 364 mm TL, collected in southern Brazilian waters (34º13’S, 50º40’W). The geographic distribution is discussed based on revision of the records and the association with the oceanic currents. Biometric data are compared with southeast Pacific speci- mens. É apresentado o primeiro registro do tubarão-vagalume-do-sul Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) na costa brasileira, baseando-se em um macho imaturo, 364 mm CT, coletado no sul do Brasil (34º13’S, 50º40’W). É também discutida a distribuição geográfica da espécie, através da revisão dos registros e da associação com as correntes oceânicas. Dados biométricos são comparados com espécimes do sueste do Pacífico. The southern lanternshark, Etmopterus granulosus waters involved E. bigelowi, E. gracilispinis and E. (Günther, 1880), was originally described based on speci- lucifer (Soto, 2000). The purpose of this paper is to in- mens collected off the southernmost coast of South clude E. granulosus in the Brazilian oceanic fauna, based America, Straits of Magellan and westward, 220 m depth, on a single specimen collected off State