Fifteen species of scale-bearing Polychaetes, from bottom samples collected along the north-eastern coast of Brazil by the Laboratório de Ciências do Mar (formerly Instituto Oceanográfico) da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, are discussed. The area, explored in the course of two series of cruises carried out by this Laboratory, ranges from Sergipe to Ceará states. With two exceptions, all the species were caught during the first series of cruises, off the coast of Sergipe and Alagoas (approximately between 9.º and 11.º of latitude south). This series has its name "AKAROA" from the trawler boat used by the Laboratory. The two others come from samples taken by the fishing boat "CANOPUS", off the Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará coast. Although no new species occurred, some are interesting because of their relative rarity. Three good specimens of Pareulepis fimbriata (Treadwell), here considered synonymous with P. geayi (Fauvel), were present at two different stations. Harmothoë aculeata Andrews, from the coast of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte, is believed to the vicarial species of Harmothoë areolata Grube, from Europe. Pontogenia chrysocoma (Baird) seems to be a rather common species in the area. It is the best represented species with 4 specimens, each one from a different station. The Polyodontidae are represented by two huge Polyodontes oculea (Treadwell) (anterior fragments caught by trawl) and another less robust Polyodontes assumed to be similar to Panthalis pustulata Treadwell. This last species, having branchiae and no true penicillate setae, should be considered as belonging to the genus Polyodontes. The other species are: Lepidasthenia virens (Blanchard), Lepidonotus caeruleus Kinberg, Psammolyce arenosa (delle Chiaje), P. fimbriata Hartman, P. flava Kinberg, Sthenolepis grubei (Treadwell), S. oculata (Hartman), Sigalion arenicola Verrill, Thalenessa lewisii (Berkeley), and a Harmothoë near extenuata Grube, with all the scale lost.