Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain)
Authors
Bañón, R. (Rafael); Arronte-Prieto, J.C. (Juan Carlos); Rodríguez-Cabello, C. (Cristina); Piñeiro-Álvarez, C.G. (Carmen Gloria); Punzón, A. (Antonio); Serrano, A. (Alberto)Date
2016-01Type
research articleKeywords
checklistichthyofauna
Galicia Bank
NE Atlantic
seamount
deep-water fishes
Abstract
A commented checklist containing 139 species of marine fishes recorded at the Galician Bank seamount is presented. The
list is based on nine prospecting and research surveys carried out from 1980 to 2011 with different fishing gears. The ichthyofauna
list is diversified in 2 superclasses, 3 classes, 20 orders, 62 families and 113 genera. The largest family is Macrouridae,
with 9 species, followed by Moridae, Stomiidae and Sternoptychidae with 7 species each. The trachichthyd
Hoplostethus mediterraneus and the morid Lepidion lepidion were the most abundant species. Biogeographically, the Atlantic
group, with 113 species (81.3%) is the best represented, followed by the Lusitanian one with 17 species (12.2%).
Data on species abundance, as number of individuals caught, size and depth are reported. Habitat, distribution and vulnerability
status are commented. Moreover, biometric data and meristic counts are also reported for several species. The results
obtained showing a high fish ...