The coastal fishes of Madeira Island — new records and an annotated check-list
Author
Wirtz, Peter
Author
Fricke, Ronald
Author
Biscoito, Manuel José
text
Zootaxa
2008
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.274128
29ee5190-56be-4f31-8810-fcd4070a5c4e
1175-5326
274128
Carangidae
Campogramma glaycos
(Lacepède, 1801)
—Vadigo
*
Caranx crysos
(Mitchill, 1815)
—Blue runner
New record from Madeira based on numerous underwater photos by the first author (e.g. figure 4) and two specimens in the collection of the MMF (MMF 26885 and 34505).
Caranx hippos
(Linné, 176)—Crevalle jack
Recorded from Madeira by Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead
et al.
(1986: 825). A closely related and very similar species,
Caranx fischeri
, has been described from the eastern Atlantic (
Smith-Vaniz and Carpenter 2007
; photo in Wirtz
et al.
2007). Specimens or photos are needed to decide if both these species occur at Madeira or only one of them.
*
Caranx latus
Agassiz, 1831
—Horse-eye jack
Caranx lugubris
Poey, 1860
—Black jack
Caranx rhonchus
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817
—False scad
Not recorded from Madeira by Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead
et al.
(1986: 827) or Smith-Vaniz
et al.
in
Quéro
et al.
(1990
: 734).
Fowler (1936: 685)
states under
Decapterus rhonchus
"In the
U.S.
National Museum an adult from Madeira, obtained by Captain William Stimpson." This record, however, needs verification.
*
Decapterus macarellus
(Cuvier, 1833)
—Mackerel scad
*
Decapterus punctatus
(Cuvier, 1829)
—Round scad
Not mentioned from Madeira by Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead
et al.
(1986: 828) but recorded from Madeira by Smith-Vaniz
et al.
in
Quéro
et al.
(1990
: 737-738).
Lichia amia
(Linnaeus, 1758)
—Leerfish
*
Naucrates ductor
(Linnaeus, 1758)
—Pilotfish
*
Pseudocaranx dentex
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)—White trevally
Selene dorsalis
(Gill, 1863)
—African moonfish
*
Seriola dumerili
(
Risso, 1810
)
—Greater amberjack
Not recorded from Madeira by Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead
et al.
(1986: 837-838) or Smith-Vaniz
et al.
in
Quéro
et al.
(1990
: 747) but common at Madeira and recorded from there by
Wirtz (1994: 84)
, with a colour photo of animals from Madeira.
Seriola dumerili
is very similar to
Seriola carpenteri
Mather, 1971
; the only external charcter that can be used to distinguish adults of the two species is the shape of the posterior end of the upper jaw (supramaxilla wider in
S. dumerili
). A photo of the head of an animal from Madeira was sent to Willam Smith-Vaniz who positively identified it as belonging to
Seriola dumerili
. Two specimens in the MMF collection (MMF 35582 and 35583).
*
Seriola fasciata
(Bloch, 1793)
—Lesser amberjack
*
Seriola rivoliana
Valenciennes, 1833
—Almaco jack
*
Trachinotus ovatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
—Derbio
*
Trachurus picturatus
(
Bowdich, 1825
)
—Blue jack mackerel
*
Trachurus trachurus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
—Atlantic horse mackerel