The snow bass Serranus chionaraiais a small-bodied reef fish presumed to be restricted to the Caribbean Province, with a single specimen captured south of the Amazon River mouth. Recent surveys with baited remote underwater stereo-video systems detected the species c. 1900 km southward. Meristic and morphometric characters of two specimens examined in this study confirmed the species identity, which greatly extends the speciesʼ range southward on the eastern coast of Brazil and indicates the presence of an established population of S. chionaraia in the Brazilian Province.

Depth range
43- 65 m

Mesophotic “mentions”
6 x (total of 1429 words)

Classification
* Presents original data
* Focused on 'mesophotic' depth range

Fields
Ecology
Biodiversity

Focusgroups
Fishes

Locations
Brazil - Eastern Brazil

Platforms
SCUBA (open-circuit or unspecified)
Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV)