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Duarte Lopes, Paulo Roberto; Tavares de Oliveira-Silva, Jailza; Cruz Martins, Camilla da; Olavo, George Hollardia hollardi POEY, 1861: FIRST RECORD OF FAMILY TRIACANTHODIDAE (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes) FROM BRAZILIAN MARINE WATERS Interciencia, vol. 34, núm. 3, marzo, 2009, pp. 199-201 Asociación Interciencia Caracas, Venezuela

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Paulo Roberto Duarte Lopes, Jailza Tavares de Oliveira-Silva, Camilla da Cruz Martins and George Olavo

SUMMARY

The first record of the Triacanthodidae family (Actinoptery- and 20º27.667’S, 39º38.101’W) at depths of 518 and 1680m in gii: Tetraodontiformes) from Brazil is documented, based on two June and July, 2000. The two specimens are described and com- specimens (111.0-128.4mm SL) of Hollardia hollardi Poey, 1861, pared with other published records. collected off the coast of Bahia, Brazil (13º21.119’S, 38º38.896’W

Hollardia hollardi POEY, 1861: PRIMER REGISTRO DE LA FAMILIA TRIACANTHODIDAE (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes) EN AGUAS MARINAS BRASILEÑAS Paulo Roberto Duarte Lopes, Jailza Tavares de Oliveira-Silva, Camilla da Cruz Martins y George Olavo RESUMEN

Se documenta el primer registro de la familia Triacanthodi- do de Bahia, nordeste del Brasil (13º21,119’S; 38º38,896’W y dae (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiforrmes) en el Brasil, con base 20º27,667’S; 39º38,101’W) entre 518 y 1680m de profundidad en dos ejemplares de Hollardia hollardi Poey, 1861 de 111,0 y en junio y julio del 2000. Ambos especímenes son descritos y 128,4mm de longitud patrón capturados en el litoral del esta- comparados con otros registros reportados.

Hollardia hollardi POEY, 1861: PRIMEIRO REGISTRO DA FAMÍLIA TRIACANTHODIDAE (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes) PARA ÁGUAS MARINHAS BRASILEIRAS Paulo Roberto Duarte Lopes, Jailza Tavares de Oliveira-Silva, Camilla da Cruz Martins e George Olavo RESUMO

É apresentado o primeiro registro da família Triacanthodidae 38º38,896’W e 20º27,667’S, 39º38,101’W (litoral do estado da (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes) para o Brasil com base em Bahia, nordeste do Brasil) entre 518 e 1680m de profundidade dois exemplares de Hollardia hollardi Poey, 1861 medindo 111,0 em junho e julho de 2000. Ambos os exemplares são descritos e e 128,4mm de comprimento padrão coletados em 13º21,119’S, comparados com outros registros citados.

Introduction and Indo-Pacific seas. Tria­ Cervigón, 1996; Matsuura ing the Campanha Bahia-2 canthodids are not usually in Carpenter, 2002; Nelson, (2000) as part of the Pro­ The members of the Tri­ utilized as food but some­ 2006). There are no previous grama de Avaliação do Poten­ acanthodidae family (order times are part of the bi-catch records from Brazil. cial Sustentável de Recursos Tetraodontiformes), known of commercial bottom trawls. Vivos na Zona Econômica as “spikefishes” or “espina­ The family is comprised of Materials and Methods Exclusiva Brasileira - Progra­ zos”, are small fishes (rarely 11 genera and about 21 spe­ ma REVIZEE/SCORE Cen­ exceeding 20cm in length), cies (Robins et al., 1986; Ty­ This study is based on two tral (SECIRM/MMA/Bahia occurring in the tropical and ler in Smith and Heemstra specimens collected by the Pesca). The fish are kept at subtropical western Atlantic (1986); Cervigón et al., 1992; French ”R/V Thalassa” dur­ the Laboratório de Ictiologia

KEYWORDS / Brazil / Hollardia hollardi / Marine Teleost / Triacanthodidae / Received: 03/15/2008. Modified: 02/10/2009. Accepted: 02/13/2009.

Paulo Roberto Duarte Lopes. gia, Departamento de Ciências Jailza Tavares de Oliveira-Silva. e-mail: millamartins@hotmail. Magister, Universidade Fede­ Biológicas. C campus universi­ Magister, Universidade Fed­ com.br ral do Rio de Janeiro (Museu tário, km 03 (BR-116), Feira de eral da Bahia, Brazil. Biologist, George Olavo. Doctor, Univer­ Nacional), Brazil. Professor, Santana - Bahia, Brasil. 44031- UEFS, Brazil. e-mail: jtosilva@ sidad Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade Estadual de Feira 460. e-mail: andarilho40@ yahoo.com.br Brazil. Professor, UEFS, Bra­ de Santana (UEFS), Brazil. yahoo.com.br, Camilla da Cruz Martins. Biol­ zil. e-mail: georgeolavo@uol. Address: Laboratório de Ictiolo­ ogist, UEFS, Brazil. Professor. com.br

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Results Deep body, somewhat com­ pressed laterally, greatest Material examined depth at a line just anterior to the base of first dorsal fin LIUEFS 4820: collected, pos­ spine; well-developed eye; sibly, at station E-518 (Cam­ small mouth; body surface panha Bahia-2 - demersal covered by small plates, wrin­ fishing prospection campaign kled to the touch; dorsal fin on the continental slope of origin in a position posterior central Brazilian coast on to the gill opening and in the board of “R/V Thalassa”), same direction as the superior initial latitude of trawling: base of pectoral fin; dorsal 13º21.119’S, initial longitude fin spines decreasing in size of trawling: 38º38.896’W), on from first to last; pelvic fins June 19, 2000, at 19:40 and spines surpassing a vertical Figure 1. Hollardia hollardi Poey, 1861 (LIUEFS 4925). 518m in depth; found inside line which passes by the ori­ the bottom-trawling net. gin of anal fin (except in the do not cite the occurrence of (Matsuura, 2002; Cervigón, specimen LIUEFS 4820 where adults or larvae of Triacantho­ 1996) at average depths usu­ Total length (TL): 145.0mm, the spines are broken); spines didae in Brazil. The closest ally below 200m down to at standard length (SL): of dorsal and pelvic fins with known specimens to Brazil least 915m. 111.0mm, head length (HL): denticles; first spine of dorsal were identified as Hollardia Differences and overlaps 45.1mm, snout length (SL): fin in the same direction of hollardi and were collected were observed between the 16.1mm, pre-dorsal length the base of spine of pelvic between Suriname and French LIUEFS specimens with body (PDL): 72.9mm, orbital diam­ fins. Guiana (Matsuura, 1983) and proportions of H. hollardi and eter (OD): 15.7mm, post-orbit­ Coloration (in 70% ethanol): off Venezuela (Cervigón, H. meadi specimens examined al length (POL): 14.3mm, in­ general coloration of body is 1996). by Tyler (1966), and they are terorbital width (IW): 4.7mm, yellowish; dark, undulating Matsuura (2002) cites five presented in Table I. How­ body depth (BD): 73.0mm, lines, more distinct on the species of Triacanthodidae in ever, body proportions related length of 1st dorsal fin spine upper and middle-superior FAO Fishing Area 31 which to head length, body depth, (LDS): 28.6mm, caudal pe­ and median parts of body, or extends south in western Cen­ orbital diameter, and snout duncle length (CPL): 19.8mm, forming reticulations, between tral Atlantic to off the north­ length in Cervigón (1996) do pelvic length (PL): 33.2mm, the eye and the first spine of ernmost part of Brazil’s EEZ, not coincide with those of the pelvic width (PW): 8.9mm, the dorsal fin. namely H. hollardi, H. meadi, LIUEFS specimens. The ra­ 6 spines, 17 rays in dorsal Johnsonina eriomma Myers, tio between pelvic width and fin, 12 rays in caudal fin, 14 Discussion 1934, Parahollardia schmidti length is 3.5 and 3.7 in the rays in anal fin, 14 rays in Woods, 1959 and P. lineata. LIUEFS specimens which is pectoral fins, 1 spine, 1 ray in Carvalho Filho (1999), H. hollardi reaches 18-20cm closest to the measurements pelvic fins. Figueiredo and Menezes in length and occurs from given by Matsuura (2002), 6-7 (2000), Figueiredo et al. Bermuda and Florida (USA) times in H. meadi and 4-5 LIUEFS 4925: collected at et al. throughout the Caribbean to times in H. hollardi. station E-538 (Campanha (2002), Menezes (2003), Bernardes et al. (2005), and the southern Gulf of Mexico In addition, the color pattern Bahia-2 - demersal fishing and northern South America agrees with Tyler (1966) for H. prospection campaign on the Bonecker and Castro (2006) continental slope of central Table I Brazilian coast on board of Body proportions in relation to standard length for LIUEFS 4820 “R/V Thalassa”), initial lati­ and LIUEFS 4925 and comparison with specimens tude of trawling: 20º27.667’S, of H. hollardi and H. meadi examined by TYLER (1966) initial longitude of trawling: Body proportion % SL Situation 39º38.101’W), on July 2, 2000, at 18:06 and 1680m in depth. Head length 40.2-40.6% Overlaps in both species Snout length 13.8-14.5% Coincides with H. meadi TL: 151.0mm, SL: 128.4mm, Pre-dorsal length 56.8-65.7% Overlaps in both species, coincides more with H. hollardi HL: 51.6mm, SL: 17.7mm, Orbital diameter 14.1-15.3% Coincides with H. hollardi PDL: 72.9mm, OD: 19.7mm, Post-orbital length 12.9-13.6% Coincides with H. hollardi POL: 17.5mm, IW: 6.0mm, Interorbital width 4.2-4.7% Does not coincide but is nearest to H. hollardi BD: 77.3mm, LDS: 33.8mm, Body depth 60.2-65.8% Overlaps in both species st pelvic spine length (PSL): Length of 1 dorsal fin spine 25.8-26.3% Overlaps in both species, coincides more with H. hollardi 37.6mm, CPL: 22.9mm, PL: Length of pelvic fin spine 29.3% Does not coincide but is nearest to H. hollardi 33.1mm, PW: 9.4mm, 6 spines, Length of caudal peduncle 17.8% Does not coincide but is nearest to H. hollardi Pelvic length 25.8-29.9% Overlaps in both species, coincides more with H. hollardi 16 rays in dorsal fin, 12 rays Pelvic width 7.3-8.0% Coincides in part with H. hollardi in caudal fin, 14 rays in anal

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