Material examined. - MMF 41909, 606 mm TL, MMF 41910, 526 mm TL, MMF 41911, 390 mm TL, 16°15’N 23°05’W, Baía de Sal Rei, Boa Vista Island, 215 m, cruise Cabo Verde 2005‑06, sta. 22, 5 Jun. 2005, SFST.
Additional material. - 171 specimens, 303‑620 mm TL, caught between 104 and 905 m depth, from off São Vicente, Santa Luzia, Boa Vista, Santiago and Sal islands.
Remarks. - A tropical demersal species occurring in a few scattered localities of the eastern Atlantic: from St. Helena, and Dakar, Senegal (Smith, 1990), São Tomé and Príncipe (Smith, 1990; Afonso et al., 1999), the Cape Verde Islands (Brito et al., 1999; González et al., 2004; Menezes et al., 2004; González and Tariche, 2009), and the Vavilov Underwater Ridge (the eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean) (Parin et al., 2010). The present material was caught in both traps used (Tab. II). Their major presence in bottom traps (81%) confirms its demersal nature. Gonad examination revealed that the red eel is a gonochoristic species. The 620 mm TL specimen is apparently the largest ever recorded (538 mm TL: Smith, 1990).