Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain)
Author
Bañon, Rafael
Author
Arronte, Juan Carlos
Author
Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina
Author
Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria
Author
Punzon, Antonio
Author
Serrano, Alberto
text
Zootaxa
2016
4067
3
293
333
journal article
51152
10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2
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1175-5326
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50B7E074-F212-4193-BFB9-84A1D0A0E03C
Family
Bramidae
Brama
brama
(Bonnaterre, 1788)
—Atlantic pomfret
Reported only during the exploratory surveys carried out in the 1980s. Length data of
994 specimens
from
34 to 46 cm
TL. Habitat and Distribution: pelagic-oceanic at depths between
0–800 m
, usually
0–
550 m
. Worldwide in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans in tropical, temperate, and sometimes cold waters. In the eastern Atlantic, from
Norway
to
South Africa
. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HHV (FishBase).
Pterycombus brama
Fries, 1837
—Atlantic fanfish
One specimen of unknown size but a weight of
750 g
was caught over seabed depth of
778–804 m
, probably during the hauling of the bottom longline. This species was also recorded during the exploratory surveys carried out in the 1980s, with length sizes between 34 and
41 cm
TL, but the total number of individuals caught was not reported. Habitat and Distribution: pelagic-oceanic at depth range
25–
400 m
. North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. In the eastern Atlantic, from
Iceland
, British Isles and
Norway
to the Gulf of
Guinea
. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MHV (FishBase).
Taractes asper
Lowe, 1843
—Rough pomfret
One specimen of
35 cm
TL was caught over seabed depth of
685 m
, probably during the hauling of the bottom longline. Habitat and Distribution: pelagic-oceanic at depth range
1–
140 m
. Circumglobal, antiequatorial, in tropical to temperate waters of Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans. In the eastern Atlantic, from
Iceland
and northern
Norway
to Madeira. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HV (FishBase).