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
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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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Family
Myctophidae
Myctophum punctatum
Rafinesque, 1810
—Spotted lanternfish
1 specimen
of
9 cm
TL was caught at a depth of
749 m
.
Habitat and Distribution: high-oceanic, mesopelagic at depth range
0–1,000 m
; nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to
125 m
and between
225–1,000 m
during the day. North Atlantic Ocean, from 69ºN to 15ºN and in the Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LMV (FishBase).
Benthosema glaciale
(Reinhardt, 1837)
—Glacier lanternfish
3 specimens
were caught at depths between 790 and
796 m
.
Habitat and Distribution: pelagic-oceanic, nonmigratory, at depth range
0–1,407 m
, usually
300–
400 m
. North Atlantic Ocean, between 81°N – 11°N and 76°W – 29°E. In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from
Greenland
to
Guinea
and in the Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LMV (FishBase).
Ceratoscopelus maderensis
(Lowe, 1839)
—No common name
1 specimen
of
8 cm
TL was caught at
1,079 m
depth. Habitat and Distribution: mesopelagic and high-oceanic species, between
12–1,500 m
depth,
650–700 m
during the day and between
51–250 m
at night. Temperatesubtropical Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea. In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from about 57° N to the Mauritanian upwelling area. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LMV (FishBase).
Electrona rissoi
(Cocco, 1829)
—Electric lanternfish (
Fig. 15
)
2 specimens
of 6 and
7 cm
TL were caught at a depth of 762 and
782 m
respectively. Biometry and meristic:
62 mm
TL,
57 mm
SL; HL: 36.8; PO: 7.0; POL: 15.8; ED: 14.0; IOW: 5.3; PD: 50.9; LD: 15.8; PA: 63.2; LA: 26.3, LP: 24.6; LV: 15.8; H: 29.8; D: 13; A: 19; P: 16; V: 9; Gr: 9+19. Photophores: PVO: 2; PLO: 1; PO: 5; VLO: 1; SAO: 3;VO: 4;
AO
: 11. Habitat and Distribution: high-oceanic and mesopelagic. Disjunct, circumtropical, in warm latitudes of Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans and in the Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LV (FishBase).
Lampadena speculigera
Goode & Bean, 1896
—Mirror lanternfish
1 specimen
of
10 cm
TL was caught at depths between 755 and
759 m
.
Habitat and Distribution: oceanic and mesopelagic, depth range
0–1,000 m
, between
475–950 m
during the day and between
60–750 m
at night. North Atlantic Ocean and southern circumglobal, between 66°N – 48°S. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MV (FishBase).
Notoscopelus kroeyeri
(Malm, 1861)
—Lancet fish
3 specimens
between 12 and
14 cm
TL were caught at depths between 749 and
766 m
.
Habitat and Distribution: epi- to bathypelagic and high-oceanic, from 325 to deeper than
1,000 m
during the day and at surface and down to
125 m
during the night. North Atlantic Ocean, between the Arctic Circle and 37°N in the east and between 60°N and 40°N in the west. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MV (FishBase).