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
Somniosidae
Centroscymnus coelolepis
Barbosa
du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864—Portuguese dogfish.
318 specimens
were caught at depths between 749 and
1,685 m
. Length data were available for
306 specimens
ranging from
78 to 120 cm
TL (107.3±7.5), with males between 83 and
100 cm
(91.8±3.3, N=34) and females between 78 and
120 cm
(109.2±5.3, N=272). The main biological data of the specimens of
C. coelolepis
caught in Galician waters, including the Galicia Bank, was previously reported by
Bañón
et al.
(2006a)
. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal, inhabits continental and insular slopes and abyssal plains, on or near the bottom at depths of
128–3,675 m
, but mostly below
400 m
depth. Widely distributed in the Atlantic, including western Mediterranean Sea and Indian and Pacific oceans. Vulnerability: EN (IUCN), HV (FishBase), VU (OSPAR).
Centroselachus crepidater
(Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864)—Longnose velvet dogfish.
14 specimens
were caught at depths between 823 and
1,024 m
. Length data were available for one male of
58 cm
TL and
11 females
between 74 and
88 cm
TL. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal, occurs along upper continental and insular slopes on or near the bottom at depths of
200 to 1,500 m
. Eastern Atlantic, from
Iceland
to
South Africa
and scattered distribution throughout the
Indo
–Pacific and eastern South Pacific from coast off of
Chile
. Vulnerability: LC (IUCN), VHV (FishBase).
Scymnodon ringens
Barbosa
du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864—Knifetooth dogfish
366 specimens
were caught at depths between 712 and
1,470 m
. Length data were available for
185 specimens
ranging from
25 to 110 cm
TL (69.5±23.2), with males between 26 and
84 cm
(53.3±14.3, N=46) and females between 25 and
110 cm
(78±22.1, N=125). Habitat and Distribution: usually mesopelagic, although captured most often near the bottom at depths from
200 to 1,600 m
. Eastern Atlantic: from
Scotland
to
Mauritania
, and
Senegal
. One specimen recorded in the South Pacific Ocean. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HV (FishBase).
Somniosus rostratus
(Risso, 1827)
—Little sleeper shark
17 specimens
were caught at depths between 822 and
1,119 m
. Length data were recorded for all specimens ranging from
76 to 126 cm
TL, with males between 76 and
106 cm
(N=7) and females between 89 and
126 cm
(N=10). Habitat and Distribution: outer continental shelves and upper slopes, occurring on or near the bottom at depths between 180 and
2,200 m
. Eastern Atlantic:
France
,
Portugal
, and Madeira Islands, and the western Mediterranean Sea. Western Central Atlantic: possibly off
Cuba
. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), VHV (FishBase).