New records of non-indigenous fishes (Perciformes and Tetraodontiformes) from the Canary Islands (north-eastern Atlantic)
Author
Triay-Portella, Raül
Author
Pajuelo, José G.
Author
Manent, Pablo
Author
Espino, Fernando
Author
Ruiz-Díaz, Raquel
Author
Lorenzo, José M.
Author
González, José A.
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Cybium
2015
39
3
163
174
journal article
2101-0315
Acanthurus bahianus
Castelnau, 1855
, ocean surgeon
Material examined. –
MMF
44367, one resting female,
168 mm
TL,
131 mm
SL, El Altillo,
28°11’N
15°33’W
,
4 m
,
8 Aug. 2014
, reef platform (
Fig. 2G
).
Sightings and catches
. – Once, n = 1, same locality (
Fig. 3
).
Remarks. –
A tropical reef-associated species (
Robins and Ray, 1986
), living from 2 (
Baensch and Debelius, 1997
) to
40 m
of depth (
Desoutter, 1990
), usually at
2-25 m
, between 21 and 25°C (
Baensch and Debelius, 1997
). Inhabits shallow bottoms with coral or rocky formations (
Cervigón, 1994
). Usually occurs in groups of five or more individuals. Mainly diurnal. Feeds on algae (
Robins and Ray, 1986
). Maximum length published is
381 mm
SL (
Humann, 1994
). An amphi-Atlantic species. West Atlantic:
Massachusetts
,
USA
and
Bermuda
southward to southern
Brazil
(
Froese and Pauly, 2015
,
Anderson
et al.
, 2015
). In the mid-Atlantic:
Ascension
(
Cadenat and Marchal, 1963
;
Wirtz
et al.
, 2014
) and
St. Helena
Islands (
Desoutter, 1990
). East Atlantic: off
Angola
(
Smith, 1997
).
This is the first record for
A. bahianus
from the
Canary Islands
.