Received 16-VIII-2000. Accepted 20-IX-2001.

Seven fish species associated to the bottom from 120 and 630 m deep are reported for the first time from Guajira and Magdalena Departments, Colombian Caribbean: Holosauridae (Holosaurus ovenii Johnson, 1863; 365 mm st., 280-340 m depth), Congridae (Xenomystas austrinus Smith and Kanasawa, 1989; 430 mm st.l., 150-180 m depth), Chloropthalmidae (Bathypterois viridensis Roule, 1916; 150 mm st.l., 250-288 m depth), Macrouridae (Nezumia sullai Marshall and Iwamoto, 1973; 230 mm st.l., 300-344 m depth), Ogcocephalidae (Dibranchus atlanticus Peters; 71-89 mm st.l., 300-582 m depth), Scorpaenidae (Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862; 102 mm st.l., 300-630 m depth), and Triglidae (Peristeiodon truncatum Gunther, 1880; 135-145 mm st.l., 280-344 m depth). The species were confirmed by the senior author in the Natural History Museum of London where they were deposited and are in cataloguing process.

Adam Ben-Tuvia, Ricardo Alvarez-León and Iván Rey-Carrasco