Brazilian reef fish fauna: checklist and remarks (updated Jan ... - UFF

Brazilian reef fish fauna: checklist 

and remarks (updated Jan. 2003) 

Sergio R. Floeter 1 , João Luiz Gasparini 2 , Luiz A. Rocha 3 , Carlos E. L. Ferreira 4 , 

Carlos A. Rangel 5 , and Bertran M. Feitoza 6 

1 Lab. de Ciências Ambientais, UENF, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28015-620, 

Brasil, E-mail: srfloeter@hotmail.com; 2 Depto. de Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, UFES, Vitória, ES, 29060-900, 

Brasil, E-mail: gaspa.vix@terra.com.br; 3 Dept Fish. Aquatic Sci., UF, 7922 NW 71 ST , Gainesville, FL, 32653, 

USA, E-mail: rocha@mail.ifas.ufl.edu; 4 Depto. de Oceanografia, IEAPM, Rua Kioto 253, Arraial do Cabo, RJ, 

28930-000, Brasil, E-mail: kadu@alternex.com.br; 5 Lab. de Biodiversidade de Recursos Pesqueiros, NIGP- 

UFRJ, Depto de Biologia Marinha, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-569, Brasil, E-mail: cagu@ig.com.br; 6 Depto. de 

Sistemática e Ecologia, UFPB, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil, E-mail: bert@netwaybbs.com.br 

THE AUTHORS WELCOME SUGGESTIONS OR/AND NEW RECORDS TO BE ADDED IN THE NEXT VERSION. 

Citation: Floeter SR, Gasparini JL, Rocha LA, Ferreira CEL, Rangel CA & Feitoza BM (2003) Brazilian reef fish 

fauna: checklist and remarks. Brazilian Reef Fish Project: www.brazilianreeffish.cjb.net 

INTRODUCTION 

The tropical fish fauna of the western Atlantic ranges from about 35°N to 28°S (Robins, 1971; 

Nunan, 1992; Floeter et al, 2001), and a considerable part of this region (4°N to 28°S) is included 

in Brazilian waters. Although the reef ichthyofauna of the western North Atlantic has been subject to 

substantial study, the reef fishes of the Brazilian coast and its oceanic islands have remained poorly 

known. A significant increase in sampling effort on Brazilian waters occurred only after the mid- 

1990s, when the growing use of SCUBA by Brazilian ichthyologists led to the extension of the known 

geographical range of many species (e.g. Nunan, 1992; Guimarães, 1996a,b; Rangel, 1997; 

Moura et al., 1999), the description of new species (e.g. Sazima et al., 1997, 1998; Gasparini et 

al., 1999; Rocha, 1999a; Gasparini et al., 2001; Feitoza, 2002), the first representative collections 

from major reef areas (e.g. Nunan, 1992; Rocha et al., 1998; Rocha, 1999b; Feitoza, 1999; 

Gasparini & Floeter, 2000); and biogeographic analysis (e.g. Guimarães, 1999; Floeter & 

Gasparini, 2000; Floeter et al., 2001). 

METHODS 

This study was based on the tropical teleost species primarily associated with hard substrates in 

the continental shelf and oceanic islands down to 50m deep, here referred as ‘reef fishes’. The 

composition and species distribution of the reef ichthyofauna has been determined primarily through 

original field studies in several Brazilian reef sites by the authors and colleagues (see Table I), as 

well as by compilation of data from literature (e.g. Figueiredo & Menezes, 1978, 1980, 2000; 

Menezes & Figueiredo, 1980, 1985; Lubbock & Edwards, 1981; Nunan, 1992; Bölhke & Chaplin, 

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1993; Randall, 1996; Rosa & Moura, 1997; Carvalho-Filho, 1999) and museum collections 

[Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Laboratório de Biodiversidade de Recursos Pesqueiros da 

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (LBRP), Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 

(MZUSP), Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Museu de Biologia Professor Mello Leitão 

(MBML), British Museum Natural History (BMNH), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), 

Laboratório de Ictiologia da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (LIUEFS), Museu de 

Zoologia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (ZUEC), Smithsonian Institution - Natural History 

Museum (USNM)]. 

RESULTS 

Table I. Checklist for the Brazilian reef fish fauna including a) occurrence sites, b) voucher 

specimens when available, c) known distribution, and d) remarks. Key to Sites: PM = Manuel Luiz 

Reefs (0°52’S; 44°15’W); AR = Atol das Rocas (3º50’S; 33º49’W); FN = Fernando de Noronha 

(3º51’S; 32º26’W); StP = St. Paul’s Rocks (0°55’N; 29°21’W); Zu = Zumbi Reefs** (5°S; 35°W); 

PB = Paraíba (7°S; 34°50W); BA = Bahia (12-16°S); Ab = Abrolhos Reefs (17º 20’S; 39ºW); TR 

= Trindade Island (20°30’S; 29°20’W); ES = Guarapari Islands, Espírito Santo (20º40’S; 

40º22’W); AC = Arraial do Cabo (23°S; 42°W); RJ = Ilha Grande Bay, Rio de Janeiro (23°05’S; 

44°20’W; SP = São Paulo (24°30’S; 46°W); SC = Santa Catarina (27°30’S; 48°W). Museums: 

see Methods. Range: CT = Circumtropical; PA = Pan Atlantic; WA = Western Atlantic; WC = 

Western and Central Atlantic; CA = Central Atlantic. SW Atlantic endemics in blue. 

FAMILIES SPECIES BRAZILIAN SITES AND 

MORINGUIDAE Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & 

Bollman, 1889) 

VOUCHER SPECIMENS 

AR MNRJ 11803; BA 

MZUSP 9089-90; TR 

MNRJ 11804 

MURAENIDAE Anarchias similis (Lea, 1913) StP WA 

Channomuraena vittata 

(Richardson, 1844) 

StP; BA LIUEFS 4411 CT 

Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795) 

PA 

Enchelycore carychroa Böhlke & 

Böhlke, 1976 

Enchelycore nigricans (Bonaterre, 

1788) 

AR MZUSP 11819; 

FN MNRJ 11806; PB; 

TR ZUEC 2831; SC 

AR ANSP 123287; 

FN; StP, BA MZUSP 

11826 

AR MNRJ 11810; 

MZUSP 48234; FN 

MNRJ 11809; StP 

MZUSP 14593; PB; 

TR ZUEC 2698; ES 

Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1840 PM, AR MZUSP 

48224; PB, UFPB 

3350; Ab; ES; AC; 

Gymnothorax miliaris (Kaup, 1856) 

Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 

1829) 

RJ; SP; SC 

AR MNRJ 11819, 

FN; StP; PB; TR MNRJ 

1922; ES 

PM; AR; FN; ZU; PB, 

UFPB 3344; Ab; TR 

ZUEC 2832; ES; RJ; 

SP; SC 

Gymnothorax polygonius Poey 1876 TR WC 

DISTRIBUTION AND 

REMARKS 

WA 

WC 

PA 

PA 

PA 

WC – Absent only from St. 

Paul’s Rocks 

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Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 

1855) 

FN BMNH 

1888119156157; 

PB, UFPB 3490 

Muraena melanotis (Kaup, 1860) StP PA? 

Muraena pavonina (Richarson, 1844) AR MZUSP 48251; 

FN ANSP 142733; 

StP MZUSP 14594; 

PA 

PB 

AR WA 

WC – only northeastern Brazil 

+ mid-Atlantic ridge 

OPHICHTIDAE 

Uropterygius macularius (Lesueur, 

1825) 

Myrophis sp. TR UFPB 4487 Probably new species endemic 

Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson, 

1848) 

Myrichthys ocellatus (Kaup, 1856) 

AR; TR; ES ZUEC 

3502; AC LBRP 5085 

PM; AR MZUSP 

48252; FN; Zu; PB 

UFPB 3335; Ab; ES; 

AC LBRP 5211; RJ; 

SP; SC 

FN BMNH 1980244; 

PB 

CONGRIDAE Heteroconger camelopardalis 

(Lubbock, 1980) 

Heteroconger longissimus Günther, 

1870 

PB; ES; AC; RJ; SP WA 

SYNODONTIDAE Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1758) PB; BA; ES; RJ SP; SC WA 

Synodus intermedius (Spix, 1829) 

WA 

Synodus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 

1801) 

PM; BA MNRJ 

10656; Ab; ES; AC 

LBRP 5202; SC 

Ab; TR MBML 206; 

ES ZUEC 3513; AC; 

SP 

PM; BA; TR; ES; AC 

BMNH 19919255; 

RJ LBRP 5207; SP; SC 

to Trindade 

WA 

PA 

Found at F. de Noronha, 

Ascension Island and NE Brazil 

OPHIDIIDAE Brotula sp. n. ES New species probably 

endemic to the Brazilian 

CARAPIDAE Carapus cf. bermudensis (Jones, 

1874) 

BYTHITIDAE Stignobrotula latebricola (Böhlke, 

1957) 

BATRACHOIDIDAE Amphichthys cryptocentrus 

(Valenciennes, 1837) 

Porichthys porosissimus (Cuvier, 

1829) 

Porichthys kymosemeum Gilbert, 

1968 

Thalassophryne nattereri 

Steindachner, 1876 

Thalassophryne montevidensis Berg, 

1893 

ANTENNARIIDAE Antennarius multiocellatus 


Antennarius striatus (Shaw & 

Nodder, 1794) 

PA 

CT 

Province 

ES LBRP 5381 WA - Found on cavities of sea 

cucumbers 

BA; ES WA 

PM UFPB 4208; WA 

Ceará LBRP 5520; 

BA 

ES LBRP 5365; AC WA – southeastern Brazil 

LBRP 5335; RJ MNRJ 

18962; SP; SC 

PM UFPB 4235 WA 

PM UFPB 4234; PB WA 

UFPB 3338; RJ; SP 

AC LBRP 5350 Southeastern Brazil to 

Argentina 

PM; AR MZUSP 

48229; BA MZUSP 

17121; ES; AC LBRP 

5080 

ES ZUEC 3505; AC 

MNRJ 10627; RJ 

MNRJ 10623 

PA 

CT– southeastern Brazil 

Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) AC; RJ; SP; SC PA – Sargassum banks 

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OGCOCEPHALIDAE Halieuticthis aculeatus (Mitchill, 

1818) 

Ogcocephalus notatus 


Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

ES WA – southeastern Brazil 

Ab; ES; BA MNRJ 

10662 

PM MZUSP 53167; 

PB; BA; ES; AC LBRP 

5171; AC MNRJ 

12324; RJ; SP 

HOLOCENTRIDAE Adioryx bullisi (Woods, 1955) ES; AC MNRJ 11843 WA 

Holocentrus ascensionis (Osbeck, 

1765) 

Myripristis jacobus Cuvier, 1829 

PM UFPB 4207; AR 


MZUSP 14618; StP; 

Zu; PB UFPB 3491; 

BA; Ab; TR UFPB 

3578; ES; AC; RJ; 

SP; SC 


AR MNRJ 11842; FN 

MZUSP 14619; StP 

MZUSP 14595; Zu; 

R.G. do Norte LBRP 

5497; PB; TR ZUEC 

2681; ES; AC; SP 

FN; Zu; PB; BA MNRJ 

7980; ES; AC; RJ; SP 

SYNGNATHIDAE 

Plectrypops retrospinis (Guichenot, 

1853) 

Bryx sp.n. AC; RJ; SC MNRJ 

Cosmocampus albirostris (Kaup, 

1856) 

Halicampus crinitus (Jenyns, 1842) 

Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810 

Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933 

Micrognathus erugatus Herald & 

Dawson, 1974 

11847 

AC LBRP 5265; AC 

MNRJ 12451; RJ; SP 

AULOSTOMIDAE Aulostomus strigosus Wheeler, 1955 FN MZUSP 14617; 

StP MHNG 201421; 

Ab; TR; ES ZUEC 

3497; AC; RJ MNRJ 

11844 

FISTULARIIDAE Fistularia petimba Lacepede, 1803 ES; AR MNRJ 11845; 

AC LBRP 5351; RJ; 

Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus, 1758 

WA 

Endemic to SWA 

PA 

PA 

WA 

Endemic to Brazil 

WA 

AR MNRJ 11848; FN WA 

USNM 213529; BA 

MZUSP 9409; Ab 

USNM 43391; ES 

LBRP 5394; AC LBRP 

5170; RJ LBRP 5083; 

SC 

ES; AC LBRP 0773, WA 

BMNH 199192519; 

RJ LBRP 3478; SC 

MNRJ 11852 

PB; BA; ES LBRP WA 

5363; AC LBRP 

5030; AC BMNH 

199192520; RJ LBRP 

5019; SP; SC 

BA MZUSP 9408 Known only from the type 

locality, in Bahia - 

Provisionally considered a 

Brazilian endemic 

SP 

BA MNRJ 8082; Ab; 

ES; AC; RJ; SP; SC 

PA – Bowen et al., 2001 

PA – southeastern Brazil 

PA 

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DACTYLOPTERIDAE Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 

1758) 


FN; StP; Zu; PB; Ab; 

ES; AC BMNH 

1991925281; RJ 

LBRP 5424; SP; SC 

MNRJ 11858 

SCORPAENIDAE Scorpaena brasiliensis Cuvier, 1829 PB; BA; ES; AC LBRP 

5413; RJ USNM 

Scorpaena dispar Longley & 

Hildebrand, 1940 

Scorpaena grandicornis Cuvier, 

1829 

Scorpaena isthmensis Meek & 


Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789 

Scorpaenodes insularis Eschmeyer, 

1971 

Scorpaenodes tredecimspinosus 

(Metzelaar, 1919) 

SERRANIDAE Anthias salmopunctatus Lubbock & 

Edwards, 1981 

Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, 

1828) 

Alphestes afer Bloch, 1793 

83177; SP; SC 

PA 

WA 

BA LBRP 5415; AC; 

RJ LBRP 5079 

WA – southeastern Brazil 

BA USNM 6944; ES WA 

ES; AC MNRJ 11859; WA – southeastern Brazil 


MNRJ 11861 

PB UFPB 3337; BA WC 

5420; TR ZUFES 

131368; ES ZUEC 

3501; RJ LBRP 5056; 

SP SC MNRJ 11863 

StP MZUSP 14599 CA – only mid-Atlantic Ridge 

islands 

PB; AC LBRP 5089; WA 

RJ; SP LBRP 5609 

StP MZUSP 14596 

Holotype 

AC LBRP 5199; RJ 

MNRJ 18779; SP 

PB; BA; ES; AC MNRJ 

11866; RJ; SP 

Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758) PM; AR MZUSP 

47416; FN MZUSP 

14620; StP; Zu; 


PB; Ab; TR MBML 

210; ES ZUEC 3492; 

Dermatolepis inermis (Valenciennes, 

1833) 

Diplectrum formosum (Linnaeus, 

1766) 

Diplectrum radiale (Quoy & 

Gaimard, 1824) 

Dules auriga (Cuvier, 1829) 

Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 

1765) 

Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 

1822) 

Epinephelus marginatus (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, 

AC; RJ; SP 

PM; AR MZUSP 

48219 MNRJ 11870; 

FN; Ab; TR MNRJ 

11871; ES 

PB; AC LBRP 5204; 

AC BMNH 1991925; 

RJ LBRP 5426; SC 

MNRJ 11864 

ES MBML 374; RJ 

MNHN 7015 

Holotype; SP; SC 

ES; AC LBRP 5328; 

RJ MNRJ 8358; SP; 

SC 

TR ZUEC 2820; TR 

LBRP 5221 

Endemic to St. Paul’s Rocks. 

Below 30m 

Southeastern Brazil and 

Argentina 

WA 

WC 

WA 

WA 

WA – Only South America, 

and in Brazil restricted to the 

southeastern coast. 

Restricted to South America 

PA 

PB WA – northeastern Brazil 

PM; Zu; PB; BA 

USNM 23241; Ab; 

ES; RJ USNM 23241; 

SP 

AC MNRJ 11868; RJ; 

SP; SC MNRJ 11869 

PM; BA USNM 

43332; Ab; ES; AC 

PA – Risk of extinction on 

many localities due to 

spearfishing 

PA – southeastern Brazil 

WA 

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1828) BMNH 199192530; 

SP USNM 123135; 

Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes, 

1828) 

SC MNRJ 11872 

ES; AC BMNH 

199192531; SP; SC 

MNRJ 11873 

WA and Eastern Pacific - 

southeastern Brazil 

Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier, 

1828) 

TR WA 

Liopropoma carmabi (Randall, 1963) ES MNRJ 19146 WA – Recently collected at 

Escalvada Is. – southeastern 

Mycteroperca acutirostris 


Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey, 1861) 

Mycteroperca interstitialis (Poey, 

1861) 

Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode & 

Bean, 1879) 

Mycteroperca tigris (Valenciennes, 

1833) 

Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

Paranthias furcifer (Valenciennes, 

1828) 

Rypticus bistrispinus (Mitchill, 1818) 

Rypticus randalli Courtney, 1967 

Rypticus saponaceus (Bloch & 

Schneider, 1801) 

Rypticus subbifrenatus Gill, 1861 

Serranus annularis (Günther, 1880) 

Serranus baldwini (Evermann & 

Marsh 1900) 

Ab; ES; AC MNRJ 

11876; SP; SC MNRJ 

11877 

PM UFPB 4210; AR; 

FN; Zu; PB; BA MNRJ 

10681; Ab; TR; ES 

ZUEC 3522; AC; RJ; 

SP; SC 

BA USNM 43388; 

TR; ES; AC; SP; SC 

MNRJ 11874 

ES; AC; RJ MCZ 


11875 

ES; RJ MNRJ 6523; 

SP; SC 

PM; Maranhão MCZ 

10148; Ab; TR; ES 

MNRJ 10473; AC; SP 


FN. Zu; ES; AC; RJ 

LBRP 5606; SP 

BA BMNH 

1879514157; ES; 


MNRJ 11881 

PB; BA MNRJ 10685; 


RJ LBRP 5041; SP 

PM; AT; FN; StP; Zu; 

PB; BA MNHN 7844; 

Ab; TR MNRJ 11882; 


MNRJ 11883 

PB UFPB 3340; BA 

MZUSP 9110; ES; 

AC 

PB; Pernanbuco 

BMNH 1879514181 

PM UFPB 3702; Zu; 


PB; Ab; ES; AC 

BMNH 1991902534; 

RJ LBRP 3094; SP 

Serranus flaviventris (Cuvier, 1829) PM UFPB 3703; PB; 

Ab; ES; RJ LBRP 


Serranus phoebe Poey, 1851 

GRAMMATIDAE Gramma brasiliensis Sazima, 

Gasparini & Moura, 1998 

11880 

ES LBRP 5438; ES; 

TR; AC LBRP 5269; 

RJ; SP 

PM UFPB 3705; FN; 

Rio Grande do Norte 

LBRP 5502; Zu; PB; 

BA MZUSP 36263; 

Brazil 

PA 

WA 

WA 

WA – Antitropical distribution 

– southeastern Brazil 


WA 

PA and Eastern Pacific 


WA 

PA 

PA 

WA – northeastern Brazil 

WA 

WA 


Endemic to the Brazilian 

Province 

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Ab MZUSP 51319; 

ES MZUSP 51089 

Holotype; AC MZUSP 

46141 

PRIACANTHIDAE Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829) BA; SP; SC CT 

Heteropriacanthus cruentatus 

(Lacépède, 1801) 

Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829 

PM; BA; TR ZUEC 

2839; ES; AR; SP 


FN; Zu; PB; BA; ES; 

AC BNMH 

199192536; SP; SC 

Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862) BA; ES ZUEC 3494 WA 

APOGONIDAE Apogon americanus (Castelnau, 

1855) 

Apogon planifrons Longley & 


Apogon pseudomaculatus Longley, 

1932 



FN MZUSP 14621; 

StP; Zu; PB UFPB 

3359; BA; Ab; TR 

MNRJ 11889; ES 


SP; SC 

Ab; ES; AC; RJ LBRP 

3082 

PM UFPB 4231; BA 

USNM 43309; AC 


PB UFPB 4028; ES; 

AC; RJ; SP 

Apogon quadrisquamatus Longley, 

1934 

WA 

Apogon robbyi Gilbert & Tyler, 1997 PB UFPB 4332 WA 

Astrapogon stellatus (Cope, 1867) PB UFPB 4357; ES; WA 

Phaeoptyx pigmentaria (Poey, 1860) 


R. G. do Norte LBRP 

5498; Zu; PB UFPB 

3357; BA MZUSP 

9103; Ab; ES; AC; RJ 

SP; SC MNRJ 11891 

MALACANTHIDAE Malacanthus plumieri Bloch, 1786 PM UFPB 3980; AR 

MZUSP 47432; FN; 

Zu; PB; BA; TR; ES 

ZUEC 3499; AC; SP 

MZUSP 8985 

CARANGIDAE Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1788) PM; Zu; PB; AC 


Carangoides bartholomaei (Cuvier, 

1833) 

Carangoides crysos (Mitchill, 1815) 

Carangoides fusus (Geoffroy-St. 

Hilaire, 1809) 

Carangoides ruber (Bloch, 1793) 

Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) 

Caranx latus Agassiz, 1829 

Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860 

MNRJ 2114; SP 

CT 

PA 


Province 

WA 

WA 

PA 

WC 

CT 

PM; AR MZUSP WA 

47418; FN; StP; Zu; 

PB; Ab; TR; ES; AC; 

SP 

PM; AT; FN; StP; Zu; WA 

PB; Ab; ES; AC; RJ 

MNRJ 3202; SP 

StP WC 

PM; AR; Zu; Ab; TR 

ZUEC 2811; ES; AC; 

SP 

AR; FN; SP MNRJ 

7167 

PM; AR MZUSP 

47417; FN; StP; Zu; 

PB; Ab; TR MBML 

203; ES MBML 372; 

AC; SP 

PB MNRJ 3483; TR 

ZUEC 2829; 

WA 

WA 

CT 

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Chloroscombrus chrysurus 

(Linnaeus, 1766) 

Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 

1833) 

Decapterus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) 

BA MNRJ 8090; ES WA 

MNRJ 7749; AC 


MNRJ 6695; SP 

MNRJ 7096; SC 

MNRJ 7486 

RJ MNRJ 2404 PA 

BA MNRJ 1853; RJ 

MNRJ 3630 

ML; StP; Zu; PB; TR; 

ES; RJ MNRJ 18939 

Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & 


WA 

Oligoplites saliens (Bloch, 1793) ES; RJ MNRJ 18799 WA 

Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & 

ES; RJ MNRJ 10789; WA 


SP; SC 

Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & AC MNRJ 15342; RJ; 


SP; SC 

Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, PB; BA MNRJ 8095; CT 

1793) 

TR; ES; AC; RJ; SP 

Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815) 

Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810) 

MNRJ 7153; SC 

ES MBML 375; 

Ab MNRJ 6670; ES 

MNRJ 7797 

Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) SP; SC WA 

Seriola lalandei (Valenciennes, 1833) ES MNRJ 8268; SP WA 

Seriola rivoliana (Valenciennes, 

1833) 

Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 

1766) 

Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

Trachinotus goodei Jordan & 

Evermann, 1896 

Trachurus lathami Nichels, 1920 

PA 

WA – antitropical 

PA 

MNRJ 7172 

RJ MNRJ 18943 PA 

Pernambuco MNRJ 

7374; ES MBML 373 

PM; BA MNRJ 8104; 

AC MNRJ 17778 

Zu; PB; BA MNRJ 

10837; ES; AC; RJ; 

SP; SC 

ES; RJ MNRJ 18804; 

SP; SC 

Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860) PM UFPB 4223 CT 

LUTJANIDAE Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, 1828) PM; Zu; PB; BA MNRJ 

10691; Ab; ES; AC; 

RJ; SP 

WA 

Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792) PM; Zu; PB; BA WA – Uncommon northeastern 

Brazil 

Lutjanus bucanella (Cuvier, 1828) PB UFPB 4315 WA - northeastern Brazil 

Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828) 

PM; Zu; PB; ES MNRJ 

11893; RJ; SP 

Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Lutjanus jocu (Schneider, 1801) 

Zu; Ab; RJ; SP PA 

PM; AR MNRJ 

11894; FN; StP; Zu; 


PB; Ab MNRJ 10696; 

ES; AC; RJ; SP 

Lutjanus mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828) PB WA - northeastern Brazil 

Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1867) 

WA 

Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828) 

AMAPÁ MNRJ 

18223; FN; Ceará 

LBRP 5532; PB UFPB 

4016; BA; SP 

PM; Zu; PB; BA MNRJ 

10691; ES; AC; RJ; 

SP 

AMAPÁ MNRJ 

18224; BA;TR; RJ; SP 

WA 

PA 

PA 

WA 

WA 

WC 

WA 

WA 

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Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791) 

PM UFPB 3975; FN; WA 

Zu; PB; BA MNRJ 

10697; Ab; ES; AC; 

RJ; SP 

SC MZUSP 8883 WA 

GERREIDAE 

Pristipomoides aquilonaris (Goode 

& Bean, 1896) 

Pristipomoides freemani Anderson, 

1966 

Rhomboplites aurorubens (Cuvier, 

1829) 

Diapterus auratus Ranzani, 1842 ES MNRJ 7651; RJ 

MNRJ 6717; SP 

Diapterus rhombeus (Cuvier, 1829) 

Eucinostomus argenteus Baird & 

Girard, 1855 

Eucinostomus lefroyi (Goode, 1874) 

Eucinostomus melanopterus 

(Bleeker, 1863) 

Eugerres brasilianus (Cuvier, 1830) 

HAEMULIDAE Anisotremus moricandi (Ranzani, 

1840) 

Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 

1791) 

Anisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

Haemulon aurolineatum Cuvier, 

1829 

Haemulon chrysargyreum Günther, 

1859 

Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

Haemulon parra (Desmarest, 1823) 

Haemulon plumieri (Lacepède, 1801) 

Haemulon squamipinna Rocha & 

Rosa, 1999 

Haemulon steindachneri (Jordan & 

Gilbert, 1882) 

Orthopristis ruber (Cuvier, 1830) 

RJ MZUSP 8884 WA 

Maranhão; RJ; SP WA 

MNRJ 1642 

AC; RJ MNRJ 10792 

e 10881; SP; SC 

PB; ES; AC; RJ MNRJ 

10790; SP; SC 

Ab MNRJ 10702; ES; 


SC 

BA MNRJ 10705; Ab; 

ES; SP; SC 

WA 

WA 

PA 

WA 

WA 

BA MNRJ 7982; ES; WA 


SC 

Zu; PB; BA MNHN WA 

7727 Holotype; ES 

PM; AT; FN; Zu; PB WA 


ZUEC 2694; ES; AC 

MNRJ 11896; RJ; SP; 

SC 

PM UFPB 3970; Zu; WA 

PB; Ab BA; ES ZUEC 

3491; AC MNRJ 

11898; RJ; SP; SC 

MNRJ 11899 

PM UFPB 3969; Zu; WA 

PB; Ab; ES; AC LBRP 

5205; SP; SC 

AR MNRJ 11900; AR WA – northeastern Brazil 


MZUSP 14622; 

PM UFPB 3704; Zu WA – northeastern Brazil 



Ceará LBRP 5534; PB 

UFPB 3498; ES 

MBML 382; 

PM UFPB 3982; FN; 

Zu; PB; Ab MNRJ 

10721; ES ZUEC 

3510; AC MNRJ 

12330; RJ; SP 

Zu; PB UFPB 3512 

Holotype, USNM 

342004 

PB UFPB 3495; BA; 

Ab; ES; AC LBRP 

5288; RJ; SP; SC 

BMNH 199192560 

PB; AC BMNH 

199192551; RJ; SP; 

WA 

WA 

Endemic to the northeastern 

Brazil 

WA and eastern Pacific 

WA 

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SPARIDAE Archosargus probatocephalus 

(Walbaum, 1792) 

Archosargus rhomboidalis 


Calamus bajonado (Bloch & 


Calamus calamus (Valenciennes, 1830) 

Calamus mu Randall & Caldwell, 

1966 

Calamus penna (Valenciennes, 1830) 

Calamus pennatula Guichenot, 1868 

Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes, 

1830) 

Pagrus pagrus Linnaeus, 1758 

SC MNRJ 11906 

ES; AC; SC WA – southeastern Brazil 

BA; ES; AC MNRJ 

15336; RJ; SC MNRJ 

11907 

MNRJ 121 (locality 

unknown) 

Fortaleza MNRJ 

10500 


RJ; SP 


MNRJ 11908 

AR MNRJ 11908; Ab 

MNRJ 10729 

Ab; TR ZUEC 2821; 

ES LBRP 5588; AC 


SC 

ES MNRJ 6806; AC 


18818 

SCIAENIDAE Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758) PM MZUSP 53029; 

PB; BA; ES; AC LBRP 

Odontoscion dentex (Cuvier, 1830) 

Pareques acuminatus (Bloch & 


MULLIDAE Mulloidichthys martinicus (Cuvier, 

1829) 

Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch, 

1793) 

Upeneus parvus (Poey, 1853) 

PEMPHERIDAE Pempheris schomburgki Müller & 

Troschel, 1848 

CHAETODONTIDAE Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch, 1787 PM UFPB 3891; AR 


MNRJ 11930; Zu; 

PB UFPB 3355; RJ - 

Chaetodon sedentarius Poey, 1860 

Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758 

Vagrant 

WA 

WA 

WA 

Endemic - southeastern Brazil 

WA 

WA 

WA 

WA 

WA 

10 

5303; RJ 

AC MNRJ 2286; SC WA 

MNRJ 11909 

PM UFPB 3966; Zu; WA - Only on coastal sites 

PB UFPB 3352; Ab; 


LBRP 5099; RJ LBRP 

3100; SP; SC 

PM; AR MNRJ PA 

11912; FN; Zu; PB; 


ZUEC 3514; AC 


PM; AT; FN; Zu; PB; WA - Entire Brazilian Province, 

Ab; TR; ES ZUEC except St. Paul’s Rocks 

3519; AC; RJ; SP; SC 

PB; ES ZUEC 3496, WA 

MBML 377; AC LBRP 

5339; RJ; SP; SC 

PM; AR MZUSP WA 

48255; FN; Zu; PB; 

Ab; ES; AC MNRJ 

11919; RJ; SP 

WA – Restricted to 

northeastern Brazil. 

PM UFPB 3698; Ab; 


BMNH 199192579; 

RJ; SP 


FN; StP MHNG 

201417; Zu; PB; BA; 




MNRJ 11932 

WA – Absent from Paraíba 

and Pernanbuco 

Prognathodes brasiliensis (Burgess, TR; ES; AC MNRJ Rrestricted to South and 

WC

2001) 11927; RJ LBRP 

2087; SP 


Prognathodes guyannensis Durand, AC MNRJ 11928; RJ; WA – rarely seen above 50m 

1960 

SP 

deep. 

Prognathodes obliquus Lubbock & StP MZUSP 14600 Endemic to St. Paul’s Rocks 

Edwards, 1980 

Holotype 

PB UFPB 4012; TR 

LBRP 5143; ES MBML 

363; AC LBRP 3058 

WA 

Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, PM UFPB 3892; AT; Blue and Semi-albinotic color 

1758) 

FN; StP; Zu; R. G. do morphs occur in St. Paul’s 

Norte LBRP 5500; 

PB; Ab; TR; ES ZUEC 

3512; AC LBRP 

3091; RJ; SP; SC 

Rocks. 

Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795) Zu; PB; TR ZUEC The Brazilian population could 

2697; ES ZUEC 

3529; AC; RJ; SP; SC 

be a different subspecies. 

Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, PM UFPB 3967; FN; WA 

1758) 

Zu; PB; Ab; ES; AC; 

RJ 

Pomacanthus paru (Bloch, 1787) PM UFPB 3707; AT; PA - Commom in all sites. Do 

FN; StP; Zu; PB; Ab; 



not occur in Trindade Island 

PA 

POMACANTHIDAE Centropyge aurantonota (Burgess, 

1974) 

KYPHOSIDAE Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier, 1831) PM MZUSP 53165; 

ES; AC; SC MNRJ 

Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) 

CIRRHITIDAE Amblycirrhitus pinos (Mowbray, 

1927) 

11920 



StP; Zu; PB; Ab; TR 

MBML 211; ZUEC 

2830 (Yellow); ES; 

AC; RJ; SP 

PM; AR MNRJ 

11966; Ceará LBRP 

5491; Zu; PB; Ab; ES 

LBRP 5432; AC; RJ 

POMACENTRIDAE Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) PM; AR MZUSP 

47423; FN MZUSP 

14625; StP; Zu; PB 


LIUEFS 3045; ES 

LBRP 5579; AC; RJ; 

Chromis enchrysurus Jordan & 

Gilbert, 1882 

Chromis flavicauda (Günther, 1880) 

Chromis jubauna Moura, 1995 

Chromis multilineata (Guichenot, 

1853) 

Chromis scotti Emery, 1968 

Microspathodon chrysurus (Cuvier 

& Valenciennes, 1830) 

PA - A yellow color morph 

occur in Trindade Island 

WA 

SP; SC 

StP; ES; SP WA 


TR; ES; AC; RJ LBRP 

5462; SP 


MZUSP 46031; RJ; 

SP MZUSP 44631 

Holotype 

PM UFPB 4213; AT; 

FN; StP; Zu; PB; TR; 


RJ; SP; SC 

PM UFPB 3694, 

4201; Ceará; Rio 

Grande do Norte. 


PB MBML 379; BA 

ZUEC 3500; Ab; TR 

ZUEC 2696; ES; AC 

MNRJ 20683 - 

PA – Very commom and 

widespread. 


Recently described species 

from Brazil. 

PA – Absent from Abrolhos 

Archipelago 

WA – In Brazil, restricted to 

Manuel Luis Reefs, Risca, 

Ceará; Rio Grande do Norte. 

Restricted to warm water sites. 

Only offshore island found: 

Trindade 

11

Stegastes fuscus Cuvier & 

Valenciennes, 1830) 

Stegastes pictus (Castelnau, 1855) 

Stegastes rocasensis (Emery, 1972) 

Stegastes sanctipauli (Lubbock & 

Edwards, 1981) 

vagrant 

PB UFPB 3500; Ab; Endemic to the Brazilian 

TR MNRJ 4155; LBRP Province. Stegastes 

5223; MZUSP trindadensis (Gasparini, 

51245; ZUEC 2688; Moura & Sazima, 1999) is 

ES; AC LBRP 5274; considered a subspecies from 

RJ LBRP 3097; SP; SC Trindade Island 

PM UFPB 3706; AR Stegastes Lubbocki (Allen & 

MZUSP 48263; FN Smith, 1992) from Ascension 

MZUSP 14624; Zu; Is. is probably the same 

PB; Ab; TR; ES ZUEC species. 

3518; AC LBRP 

5031; RJ LBRP 3095; 

SP; SC 

AR MNRJ 17234A; Endemic to Atol and Noronha 

FN MNRJ 17233A; 

StP 

StP MZUSP 14604 Probably a subspecies of 

Stegastes rocasensis (Emery, 

1972) from St. Paul’s Rocks 

Stegastes aff. variabilis PM UFPB 3981 The Caribbean cocoa 

damselfish occur only at PM in 

Stegastes variabilis (Castelnau, 1855) PB UFPB 3353; Ab; 


LBRP 5090; RJ; SP; 

Stegastes uenfi (Novelli, Nunan & 

Lima, 2000) 

SPHYRAENIDAE Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 

1792) 

Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier, 1830 

Sphyraema picudilla Poey, 1860 

LABRIDAE Bodianus insularis Gomon & 

Lubbock, 1979 

Bodianus pulchellus (Poey, 1860) 

Bodianus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Clepticus brasiliensis Heiser, Moura 

& Robertson, 2001 

Doratonotus megalepis Günther, 

1860 

SC 

BA MNRJ 17241; ES; 

AC MNRJ 17239 

Holotype; RJ 

PM; AR MNRJ 

11967; FN; StP; Ab 

MNRJ 11968; TR; ES; 


SP 

BA MNRJ 13464; RJ; 

SP 

FN; Ab; ES; AC LBRP 

5299; RJ MNRJ 2345 

StP BMNH 

187951429 

PM UFPB 4191; FN 

MZUSP 46332; Zu; 

PB; Ab; TR; ES; AC 


SC MZUSP 55436 

PM; FN; Zu; PB; Ab; 

TR MNRJ 4164; ES 

MBML 367; AC; RJ; 

SP 


FN; StP; Zu; PB; TR; 


PB; BA; Ab; ES MBML 

360; AC MNRJ 

1972; SP 

Brazil 

Endemic to the Brazilian coast 

Recently described species 

from the Brazilian coast 

WA 

WA 

WA 

Occurs only on the mid- 

Atlantic Ridge Tropical Is. 

WA – possibly amphiatlantic 

WA 

Endemic to SE Brazil 

WA – Eastern Atlantic? 

Halichoeres sp.n. 

Halichoeres bivittatus (Bloch, 1791) 

AC; RJ; SP; SC Endemic to SE Brazil 

Halichoeres brasiliensis (Bloch, 

1791) 

PM UFPB 3983; 


Zu; PB 


PB UFPB 3349; Ab; 


ZUEC 3490; AC 


WA – Northeastern Brazil 


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Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

Halichoeres cyanocephalus (Bloch, 

1791) 

Halichoeres maculipinna (Müller & 

Troschel, 1848) 

Halichoeres poeyi (Steindachner, 

1867) 

Thalassoma noronhanum 

(Boulenger, 1890) 

Xyrichtys splendens Castelnau, 1855 

Xyrichtys incandescens Edwards & 

Lubbocks, 1981 

Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758) 

SC 


FN; StP MZUSP 

14611; 




BA; Ab; ES MBML 

366; AC MNRJ 

11973; RJ; SP 

PM; Zu; PB; Ab; TR 

ZUEC 3299 MNRJ 

11974; ES; AC 

PM; Ceará LBRP 

5509; Zu; PB UFPB 

3348; BA Ab; TR 

MBML 205; ES MBML 

364; AC MNRJ 

11977; RJ LBRP 

5057; SP 



MZUSP 14627; StP 

MHNG 201424; Zu; 



LBRP 5222; AC; RJ; 

SP 

PB UFPB 4010; BA 

MNHN A9109 

Holotype 

PM; AR; FN MZUSP 

14633 Holotype 

PM; Ceará LBRP 

5494; BA BMNH 

186242489; Ab; TR; 

ES; AC MNRJ 1985; 

RJ; SP; SC MNRJ 

11986 

SCARIDAE Cryptotomus roseus Cope, 1871 PM UFPB 4193; PB; 

Ab; ES; AC; RJ 

MZUSP 52808; SP; 

Nicholsina usta (Valenciennes, 1839) 

Scarus zelindae (Moura, Figueiredo & 

Sazima, 2001) 

SC 

ML; ES; AC; RJ; SP; 

SC MNRJ 11988 


BA; Ab ZUEC 4631; 


MZUSP 46651 

(Holotype) 

Scarus trispinosus Valenciennes 1840 PM UFPB 4217; BA 

MNRJ 10771; Ab 

MZUSP 52720; AC 

Scarus cf. guacamaia Cuvier, 1829 

Sparisoma aff. atomarium (Poey, 

1861) 

Sparisoma frondosum (Agassiz, 

1831) 

Sparisoma radians (Valenciennes, 

MNRJ 11989; SC 

Zu; BA USNM R/V 

Albatross, 1887; 

MNRJ 9546; ES 

TR; ES; AC MZUSP 

47496; RJ; SP 



StP; PB; Ab; ES; AC; 

RJ; SP MZUSP 

46802; SC 


PB Ab; ES; AC MNRJ 

WA 

WA 

WA 

WA 

Endemic to Brazilian Province. 

Absent from Abrolhos reefs 

WA 

Endemic to the NE Brazil 

PA 

WA 

WA 



WA - Probably in the path of 

extinction in the SWA 

Probably endemic to the 



Province 

WA 

13

1839) 11995; RJ; SP; SC 

MNRJ 11996 

Sparisoma axillare (Steindachner, PM UFPB 3973; AR 

1878) 


StP; Zu; PB UFPB 

3360; Ab; TR ZUEC 

2857; ES; AC LBRP 

5261; RJ; SP MZUSP 

46413; SC MNRJ 

11999 

Sparisoma amplum (Ranzani, 1842) PM UFPB 4206; AR 

MZUSP 48261; TR 

ZUEC 2858; ES; AC; 

RJ; SP MZUSP 

46803; SC 

OPISTOGNATHIDAE Opistognathus sp. n. PM; PB; Ab; TR; ES 

LBRP 5434 

Opistognathus brasiliensis Smith- 

Vaniz, 1997 

AC LBRP 52640; 

MZUSP 13257 

(Holotype) 

ES LBRP 5405; AC; 

RJ; SP MNRJ 9838 


Province 


Province 

Similar to O. aurifrons Being 

described by Willian Smith- 

Vaniz 

Endemic to southern Brazil 

TRIPTERYGIIDAE 

Opistognathus cuvieri Valenciennes, 

1836 

Opistognathus lonchurus (Jordan & 


Enneanectes sp. 1 PM; Ceará LBRP 

5568 

Enneanectes sp. 2 TR Apparently restricted to 

Enneanectes smithi Lubbock & 

Edwards, 1981 

Enneanectes altivelis Rosenblatt, 

1960 

Endemic to southern Brazil 

ES Recorded only to ES in the 

southwestern Atlantic 

StP MZUSP 14616 

Holotype 


MZUSP 48235; PB 

UFPB 3367, 3501; 

Ab; ES; SP 


PB UFPB 3339; ES 

RJ LBRP 3852; Rio 

Grande do Norte 

ES; Holotype USNM 

221437 

DACTYLOSCOPIDAE Dactyloscopus tridigittatus Gill, 

1859 

WA 

Dactyloscopus crossotus Starks, 

1913 

WA 

Dactyloscopus foraminosus Dawson, 

1982 

WA 

Gillellus cf. uranidea Böhlke, 1968 PM WA? 

Gillellus greyae Kanazawa, 1952 ES LBRP 5430 WA 

Platygillellus brasiliensis Feitoza, 

2002 

Storrsia olsoni Dawson, 1978 


RN UFPB 5154 

(Holotype) 


FN 

LABRISOMIDAE Malacoctenus sp. 1 Ceará LBRP 5489; 

PM UFPB 3786; PB 

UFPB 3794; BA LBRP 

5238; Ab; ES LBRP 

5238; AC LBRP 

Malacoctenus sp. 2 

Malacoctenus sp. 3 

5161; SP 


AR MZUSP 48248 

TR ZUEC 2652, 

MBML 207, LBRP 

5214 

Malacoctenus delalandei R. G. do Norte LBRP WA 

Apparently restricted to Parcel 

de Manuel Luiz 

Trindade Island. 

Endemic to St. Paul’s Rocks 

WA 


Generea endemic to Brazil 

Similar to M. triangulatus. 

Endemic to the Brazilian coast. 

Under study by RZP 

Guimarães 

Endemic to Fernando de 

Noronha and Atol das Rocas. 


Guimarães 

Endemic to Trindade Island. 

Currently being described by 

Guimarães, Nunan & 

Gasparini 

14

(Valenciennes, 1836) 5542; PB UFPB 

3347, 3368; ES LBRP 

5239; AC LBRP 

5196; RJ LBRP 5048 

Paraclinius arcanus (Guimarães & PE; AC; RJ MNRJ 

Bacellar, 2002) 

15900 (Holotype) 

Paraclinus rubicundus Starks, 1913 AL MZUSP 50196; 

BA MNRJ 14576; RJ; 

SP MZUSP 50194; 

SC 

Paraclinius spectator (Guimarães & RJ MNRJ 15901 

(Holotype); SC 

Bacellar, 2002) 

Labrisomus cricota (Sazima, 

Gasparini & Moura, 2002) 

Labrisomus kalisherae (Jordan, 

1904) 

Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & 


Starksia brasiliensis (Gilbert, 1900) 

Endemic to Brazil. 



ES ZUEC 3516; Endemic to Brazil 


FN MNRJ 12002; PB 

UFPB 3503; ES LBRP 

5390; AC LBRP 

5267; RJ LBRP 3056 


UFPB 3497; TR 

ZUEC 2682; TR 


LBRP 5584; AC 


SC 

PM UFPB 4229; ES; 


SP 

WA 

PA 


Starksia sp.n. AR MZUSP 48262 Endemic to Atol das Rocas 

Starksia aff. lepicoelia Böhlke & 

Springer, 1961 

PM UFPB 4227 WA 

Starksia sluiteri (Metzellar, 1919) StP; AR MNRJ 12020 WA 

CHAENOPSIDAE Coralliozetus signifera (Ginsburg, 

1942) 

WA 

PM UFPB 4284; ES; 



Coralliozetus sp. ES MBML 369 ??? 

Stathmonotus sp.n. Ab Apparently endemic to Brazil 

BLENNIIDAE Entomacrodus vomerinus 


Entomacrodus sp. n. 

Hypleurochilus fissicornis (Quoy & 


Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis 

Bath, 1994 

Hypsoblennius invemar Smith-Vaniz 

& Acero, 1980 

Ophioblennius trinitatis (Miranda- 

Ribeiro 1919) 



BA LBRP 5242; TR 

MBML 208; AR 

MZUSP 28939; PB 

UFPB 3342 

TR LBRP 5000 and 

5380 

PB; ES LBRP 5237; 


LBRP 5046; SC MNRJ 

12029 


AC LBRP 5103 and 

5109 

AC LBRP 5040 and 

5256; RJ LBRP 3966 



MZUSP 14630; 

Pernambuco LBRP 

5070; PB UFPB 

3341; BA LBRP 

5240; ES LBRP 5257; 

Endemic to northeastern Brazil 

and FN 

Endemic to Trindade Island 

Endemic to the SWA 

WA 


Endemic to the Southwestern 

Atlantic 

15

Parablennius marmoreus (Poey, 

1875) 

Parablennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 

1829) 

Scartella cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Scartella sp. n. 1 

Scartella sp. n. 2 

Scartella aff. cristata 

TR ZUEC 2685, 

2686; LBRP 5216 

Ab LBRP 5072; ES 

LBRP 5244; AC LBRP 

5027; RJ LBRP 5025; 

SP; SC 




UFPB 3361 

TR MNRJ 12039; 

LBRP 5378, LBRP 

5313 

FN LBRP 5611 and 

5613; AR; UFPB 

2945 

BA LBRP 5459; Ab 

LBRP 5073; ES LBRP 

5393; AC LBRP 

5302; RJ LBRP 3996; 

SP ZUEC 3154; SC; 

RS MCP 25826 

GOBIESOCIDAE Acyrtus artius Briggs, 1955 AR MNRJ 11832; TR 

ZUEC 2764, UFPB 

Acyrtops beryllina (Hildebrand & 

Ginsburg, 1926) 

Gobiesox barbatulus Starks, 1913 

Tomicodon fasciatus (Peters, 1860) 

CALLIONYMIDAE Paradiplogrammus bairdi (Jordan, 

1887) 

GOBIIDAE Barbulifer ceuthoecus (Jordan & 


Bathygobius mystacium Ginsburg, 

1947 

Bathygobius soporator 


Coryphopterus dicrus Böhlke & 

Robins, 1960 

Coryphopterus glaucofraenum Gill, 

1863 

Coryphopterus thrix Böhlke & 

4486 

ES LBRP 5374 

ES LBRP 5373; RJ 

MNRJ 11359 


LBRP 5243; AC 

MNRJ 11837 

PM; PB UFPB 4371; 


MNRJ 12041 

WA 

Southern South American 

coast 

PA 

Endemic to Trindade Island. 

Being described by Gasparini, 

Rangel and Guimarães 

Endemic to FN e AR. Under 

study by CA Rangel 

Under study by CA Rangel 

WA 


WA 

WA 

PB UFPB 3343; BA; WA 

Ab; ES; AC; RJ LBRP 

5015; SC MNRJ 

12043 

ES ZUEC 2661-2674 Probably mistaken to B. 

soporator along the Brazilian 

Coast. Real distribution 

unknown 

AR MNRJ 12045; FN PA 

MNRJ 12044; StR; 

ZU; PB UFPB 3356; 

Ab LBRP 5107; ES; 

AC BMNH 

1991925158; RJ; SP; 

SC MNRJ 12047 

PM UFPB 3699; WA 


UFPB 3748; BA 

MZUSP 9112; Ab; 


LBRP 0657 

AR MNRJ 12050; FN WA 

MNRJ 12049; Zu; PB 

UFPB 3369; Ab; ES 

MBML 368; AC 



PM UFPB 3701; PB WA 

UFPB 4011; AC LBRP 

16

Robins, 1960 0658 

Elacatinus figaro Sazima, Moura & 

Rosa, 1996 

Elacatinus sp. n. 1 



BA; Ab; ES ZUEC 

2773; AC MZUSP 

50066; RJ; SP 

MZUSP 50859 

Holotype; SC MZUSP 

49139 

AR MNRJ 12055; FN 

MNRJ; MNRJ 12054 

Recently described 

Endemic to Atol das Rocas 

and Fernando de Noronha. 


Guimarães 

Elacatinus sp. n. 2 TR MNRJ Endemic from Trindade. Being 

described by Guimarães, 

Gnatholepis thompsoni Jordan, 1902 

Gobionellus boleosoma (Jordan & 


Gobionellus saepepallens Gilbert & 

Randall, 1968 

PM; AR MNRJ 

12062; FN; PB 

UFPB 3753; TR LBRP 

5277; AC LBRP 

5263; RJ; SP MZUSP 

46728 

PB; Recife MNRJ 

7971; Ab MNRJ 

10815; Ab; ES; RJ 

PM UFPB 4230; Ab; 


LBRP 5190; RJ LBRP 

3042; SP 

Gobulus myersi Ginsburg, 1939 

Lythrypnus brasiliensis Greenfield, 

1988 

AC MNRJ 12064 WA 

Lythrypnus sp. n. 1 


MZUSP 48246; BA; 

SP MZUSP 38108 

Holotype 

AR MNRJ 12065; PB 

UFPB 4041; Ab 

Gasparini and Rocha 

WC 

WA 

WA 


Probably endemic to Brazil 

Lythrypnus sp. n. 2 TR LBRP 5228 Endemic to Trindade 

Guimarães, Gasparini & 

Microgobius carri Fowler, 1945 

AC MNRJ 12066; RJ 

LBRP 5045 

Priolepis hipoliti (Metzelaar, 1922) AR MZUSP 47427 WA 

Priolepis dawsoni Greenfield, 1989 

Risor ruber (Rosén, 1911) 

MICRODESMIDAE Ptereleotris randalli Gasparini, 

Rocha & Floeter, 2001 

Microdesmus bahianus Dawson, 

1973 

EPHIPPIDAE Chaetodipterus faber Broussonet, 

1782 


MNRJ 12068; FN 

MNRJ 12067; Ceará 

LBRP 5492; TR 

PB UFPB 3746; AC 

MNRJ 12069 

PM UFPB 3978; 


PB; Ab; ES LBRP 

5445; AC; RJ; SP 

Alagoas MZUSP 

49210; BA 

PM; Zu; PB; 

Pernambuco MNRJ 

7390; Ab; ES MNRJ 

7584; AC LBRP 

5182; RJ; SP; SC 

MNRJ 11925 

ACANTHURIDAE Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 PM; AT; FN; Zu; PB; 



RJ; SP 

Rangel, 1999 

WA 

Endemic to Northern Brazil 

Recently found associated with 

sponges. 


Endemic 

WA 

WC 

17

Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787) 

Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & 

Schneider, 1801 

PM UFPB 3964; AT; 

FN; Zu; PB; Ab; ES 


SP 

PM; AT; FN; Zu; PB; 



RJ; SP 

BOTHIDAE Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758) PM MZUSP 53034; 


FN; Zu; PB; Ab; TR 

LIUEFS 3049; ES; 

Bothus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) 

Bothus robinsi Jutare, 1962 

AC; RJ; SP 

PA 

WC 

WC 

BA MNRJ 8179; ES WA 

MNRJ 7714; AC 

LBRP 5091 

AMAPÁ MNRJ WA 

18233; AC LBRP 

5251; RJ LBRP 5020 

AC LBRP 5247 WA 

PARALICHTHIDAE Cyclopseta fimbriata (Goode & 

Bean, 1885) 

BALISTIDAE Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1788 TR MNRJ 9539; ES 

MNRJ 6919; AC 

LBRP 5425; RJ; SP; 

Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758 

Canthidermis sufflamen (Mitchill, 

1815) 

Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) 

MONACANTHIDAE Aluterus monoceros (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) 

SC MNRJ 7524 

AR MZUSP 48230; PA 

FN; TR ZUEC 2833; 


RJ; SP 

RJ MNRJ 18979 WC 

AR MZUSP 48249; CT 


ZUEC 2825; 

AC MNRJ 12078 PA 

AR MNRJ 12079; TR 

ZUEC 2828; Ab 

MNRJ 11257; ES; AC 

LBRP 5194 

Aluterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) PB; SP; SC WA 

Cantherhines macrocerus (Hollard, TR MBML 200; ES; WC 

1854) 

AC MNRJ 12081; SP 

Cantherhines pullus (Ranzani, TR MBML 201; ES; PA 

1842) 

AC MNRJ 12082 

Monacanthus cf. ciliatus (Mitchill, AMAPÁ MNRJ PA 

1818) 

18239; AC LBRP 

Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

Stephanolepis setifer (Bennett, 

1830) 

OSTRACIIDAE Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 

1876 

Acanthostracion quadricornis 


Lactophrys trigonus (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

5195; RJ MNRJ 6557 


MNRJ 2461 

ES ZUEC 3511 

MBML 371; AC 



AR MNRJ 12087; ES 

MBML 358; AC 


AMAPÁ MNRJ 

18240; ES MBML 

358; AC MNRJ 

12089; SP 

PB; Ab; ES ZUEC 

3495; SP 

WA – southwestern Brazil 

PA 

WA 


PA 

WA 

WA 

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TETRAODONTIDAE Canthigaster figueiredoi Moura & 

Castro, 2002 

Sphoeroides greeleyi Gilbert, 1900 

Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 

1785) 


MNRJ 12091; BA 

MNRJ 8169; ES 

ZUEC 3507; AC 


MZUSP 45608 

(Holotype) 

ES MBML 380; RJ 

MNRJ 12530; SC 

MNRJ 12095 



13220; SC MNRJ 

12096 

PB; ES; AC MNRJ 

12348; RJ; SP; SC 

DIODONTIDAE Cyclichthys spinosus (Linnaeus, 

1758) 

Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 TR ZUEC 2819; ES 

ZUEC 3509; RJ; SP; 

Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 

* Data from Zumbi Reefs - RN: Feitoza, B.M. in prep. 

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3655; TR MNRJ 

11239; AC MNRJ 

12100; RJ; SP 



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