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 HC8 96776 [246,450,1743,1769] Actinopterygii Trachichthyidae Animalia Beryciformes 25 318 Chordata family  61,206 specimens were caught at depths between 737 and 1,187 m. Length data were available for 9,177 specimens ranging from 7 to 36 cmTL (21.5±3.4). Habitat and Distribution: benthopelagic at depth range 100– 1175 m, usually 500– 800 m. Northeastern Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific oceans and in Mediterranean Sea. In the eastern Atlantic, from Irelandto South Africa. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HV (FishBase).   Hoplostethus cadenatiQuéro, 1974—Black slimehead  47 specimenswere caught between 777 and 940 mdepth. Length data were available for 22 specimensranging from 20 to 29 cmTL. Biometry and meristic: 272 and 237 mmTL; 210 and 184 mmSL; HL: 38.1 and 38.6; PO: 9.0 and 10.9; POL: 18.1 and 17.9; ED: 11.0 and 9.8; PD:41.9 and 41.8; LD: 37.1 and 38.0; PA: 65.2 and 64.1; LA: 17.6 and 18.5, LP: 33.3 and 32.6; LV: 21.0 and 19.0; H: 41.4 and 44.6; D: VI+13 and V+14; A: III+10; P: 17; V: I+5 and I+6; Gr: 5+17. Habitat and Distribution: bathypelagic, living near the bottom from 70 to at least 1,000 mdepth, usually 200– 700 m. Eastern Atlantic and western Indian oceans. In the eastern Atlantic, from northwestern Ireland, northwestern Spainand along the northwestern coast of Africa between 27°30'Nand 10°10'Nand from 1°26'Sto 26'14°S. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HV (FishBase).   Hoplostethus atlanticusCollett, 1889—Orange roughy  3 specimensof 21, 24 and 31 cmTL were caught at depths between 1,470 and 1,685 m. Habitat and Distribution: bathypelagic, inhabits deep, cold waters over steep continental slopes, ocean ridges and seamounts, sometimes in dense aggregations, from 180 to 1,809 mdepth, usually 400– 900 m. Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific oceans, but not in the eastern Pacific. In the eastern Atlantic, from Icelandto Moroccoand from Namibiato South Africa. Vulnerability: VU (IUCN, OSPAR), HHV (FishBase).