“…The fishes in this family are commonly found in shallow continental shelf over sand or mud substrates (MENEZES & FIGUEIREDO 1980), and most are demersal and dominate the accompanying fauna in artisanal seabob shrimp fisheries (COELHO et al 1986, PAIVA-FILHO & SCHMIEGELOW 1986, GIANNINI & PAIVA-FILHO 1990, RUFFINO & CASTELLO 1992, SANTOS et al 1998, HOSTIM-SILVA et al 2002, CHAVES et al 2003, VIANNA & ALMEIDA 2005, BRANCO & VERANI 2006a, b, GOMES & CHAVES 2006, SCHWARZ JR et al 2007, SOUZA et al 2008. In southeastern and southern regions, the most abundant species captured as accompanying fauna are P. brasiliensis, C. gracilicirrhus, Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest, 1823), M. americanus, L. breviceps, S. brasiliensis, S. rastrifer, Cynoscion jamaicensis (Vaillant & Bocourt, 1883 and I. parvipinnis (COELHO et al 1986, PAIVA-FILHO & SCHMIEGELOW 1986, MUTO et al 2000, BRANCO & VERANI 2006a, b, SCHWARZ JR et al 2007, SOUZA et al 2008. Therefore, as observed along the Brazilian coast, this family, represented by 13 species and accounting for over 60% of the total abundance, was predominant in terms of number of species and abundance in the Balneário Barra do Sul and Penha regions.…”