Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain)
Bañon, Rafael
Arronte, Juan Carlos
Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina
Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria
Punzon, Antonio
Serrano, Alberto
Zootaxa
2016
4067
3
293
333
66P
134615
[246,452,829,855]
Actinopterygii
Alepocephalidae
Animalia
Osmeriformes
13
306
Chordata
family
72 specimenswere caught at depths between 781 and 1,683 m. Length data were available for 51 specimensranging from 18 to 65 cmTL (43.7±13.2). Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal, over soft bottoms at about 300–3,600 mdepth, usually at 300–1,600 m. Eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Icelandto Namibiaand western Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HHV (FishBase). Alepocephalus bairdiiGoode & Bean, 1879—Baird's smooth-head 1,895 specimens were caught at depths between 711 and 1,809 m. Length data were available for 1,228 specimens ranging from 13 to 89 cmTL (64.4±12.1). Biometry and meristic: 6 specimens 521–817 mmTL, 443– 708 mmSL; HL: 23.8–28.3; PO: 4.5–5.1; POL: 14.4–17.4; ED: 4.6–7.0; IOW: 3.4–4.4; PD: 55.6–66.4; LD: 12.4– 15.4; PA: 56.1–68.9; LA: 13.8–17.2, PP: 24.6–29.9; PV: 40.6–49.2; LP: 7.7–11.5; LV: 4.9–5.6; H: 17.8–20.5; D: 20–22; A: 21–24; P: 10–13; V: 8–9; Gr: 8–11+1+18–19; SLL: 61–64. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal over ooze and sand bottoms at a depth range of 365–2,500 m. Eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Greenlandand Icelandsouthward to 17°N and western Atlantic Ocean, from Greenlandto Grand Banks and 29°52'N, 77°09'W. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HHV (FishBase). Xenodermichthys copei(Gill, 1884)—Bluntsnout smooth-head 69 specimenswere caught at depths between 735 and 1,640 m. Length data were available for 49 specimensranging from 6 to 19 cmTL (14±2.8). Habitat and Distribution: mesopelagic to benthopelagic as adults, between 100–2,650 m, usually at 100–1,230 mdepth. Widely distributed in the Atlantic, eastern Pacific and Indian oceans. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MV (FishBase). Rouleina attrita(Vaillant, 1888)—Softskin smooth-head 248 specimenswere caught at depths between 1,470 and 1,809 m. Length data were available for all specimens, ranging from 6 to 49 cmTL (25.4±9.6). Habitat and Distribution: bathypelagic at depth range 450– 2,300 m. Circumglobal, widely distributed in the Atlantic, most Indian submarine ridges, Subantarctic, North Pacific and tropical western and eastern Pacific oceans. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MHV (FishBase). Conocara macropterum(Vaillant, 1888)—Longfin smooth-head 41 specimenswere caught at depths between 1,674 and 1,809 m. Length data were available for all specimens ranging from 17 to 39 cmTL (30.7±4.7). Habitat and Distribution: epibenthic at about 800–2,677 mdepth, usually at 1,200–1,800 m. Known from widely scattered localities on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, in eastern Atlantic from 54°N to 45°S and in western Atlantic in Bahamas, Gulf of Mexicoand off Brazil. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MHV (FishBase).