Marine fishes from Galicia (NW Spain): an updated checklist Author Mucientes, Gonzalo Author Arronte, Juan Carlos text Zootaxa 2010 2667 1 27 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.276366 9090b504-84cb-4077-a79e-ad43fc9b0c3d 1175-5326 276366 ORDER PERCIFORMES Family Moronidae * Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) — European seabass Family Polyprionidae Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) — Wreckfish Family Serranidae FIGURE 9. Cyclopterus lumpus (photo R. Bañón). * Anthias anthias (Linnaeus, 1758) — Swallowtail seaperch Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) — Dusky grouper Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) — Painted comber Reported by De Buen (1935b) ; there are no posterior records of this species. * Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758) — Comber Family Callanthiidae * Callanthias ruber (Rafinesque, 1810) — Parrot seaperch Family Epigonidae Epigonus telescopus (Risso, 1810) — Bulls-eye Family Pomatomidae Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) — Bluefish Not mentioned for Galician waters by Tortonese in Whitehead et al. (1986). Recorded by Lozano y Rey (1952), based on a picture of one specimen landed in the port of Vigo, erroneously identified by De Buen (1935b) . There are reports of sporadic catches by game fishers from 1969 to approximately 1994. The last reported specimen of 76 cm TL was caught on 3 June 2007 in Portosin ( Bañón et al. , 2008b ). Family Echeneidae Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) — Spearfish remora Not mentioned for Galician waters neither by Lachner in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro et al. , (2003) . Recorded from Galicia by Solórzano et al. (1988) , as specimens attached to swordfish individuals caught by the longlinners. We consider this a doubtful record, probably out of the study area. *Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common remora Two specimens of 10 and 11 cm TL caught during the survey “Demersales 00” at 267 m depth. Family Carangidae * Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) —Atlantic horse mackerel * Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825) — Blue jack mackerel Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner, 1868) — Mediterranean horse mackerel Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) — White trevally Not mentioned for Galician waters by Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. (1986). Reported by Fernández and Bañon (1997) . Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815) — Blue runner Not mentioned for Galician waters by Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. (1986). Recorded from Galicia by Bañón and Casas (1997). A new unreported specimen of 52 cm TL was caught on 30th November 2009 in the Ensenada de Corcubión, at 33 m depth ( Figure 10 ). * Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758) —Pilotfish * Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833 —Almaco jack * Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) — Lesser amberjack Not mentioned for Galician waters neither by Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro et al. (2003) . Recorded from Galicia by Bañón and Mucientes (2009) , one specimen of 32 cm TL caught on 19th September 2008 in the Ría de Arousa (South Galicia) at 12 m depth. Campogramma glaycos (Lacepède, 1801) — Vadigo Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758) — Leerfish Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Derbio FIGURE 10. Caranx crysos . (photo R. Bañón). Family Coryphaenidae Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 — Common dolphinfish Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758 — Pompano dolphinfish Family Bramidae Pterycombus brama Fries, 1837 — Atlantic fanfish * Taractes asper Lowe, 1843 — Rough pomfret Taractichthys longipinnis (Lowe, 1843) — Bigscale pomfret * Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788) — Atlantic pomfret Family Sparidae Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) — Pink dentex Reported by López-Seoane (1866) ; there are no posterior records of this species. Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) — Large-eye dentex Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) —Common dentex Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes, 1830) — Bluespotted seabream Reported by Fernández et al. (1978) as Sparus caurelosticus . * Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common seabream Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Annular seabream * Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838) — Zebra seabream * Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) — White seabream * Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) — Common two-banded seabream Diplodus puntazzo (Cetti, 1777) — Sharpsnout seabream * Pagellus acarne (Risso, 1827) — Axillary seabream * Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768) — Blackspot seabream * Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common pandora * Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 — Gilthead seabream * Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bogue Oblada melanura (Linnaeus, 1758) — Saddled seabream * Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) — Salema * Spondyliosoma cantharus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Black seabream * Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Striped seabream Family Centracanthidae Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758) — Blotched picarel Reported by López-Seoane (1866) ; there are no posterior records of this species. Family Sciaenidae Umbrina cirrosa (Linnaeus, 1758) — Shi drum Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758 — Brown meagre Umbrina canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 — Canary drum One specimen of 369 mm TL caught on 11 March 2009 in the Ría de Viveiro. Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801) — Meagre Family Mullidae * Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 — Striped red mullet Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 — Red mullet Family Kyphosidae Kyphosus sectator (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bermuda sea chub Not mentioned for the Atlantic European waters neither by Tortonese in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro et al. (2003) . Recorded from Galicia by Bañón (2004) ( Figure 11 ) but previously observed by scuba divers, at least since 2001. Since 2005 the capture of three specimens has been recorded. Family Cepolidae * Cepola macrophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758) — Red bandfish Family Mugilidae * Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827) — Thicklip grey mullet Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 — Flathead mullet * Liza aurata (Risso, 1810) — Golden grey mullet Liza ramada (Risso, 1810) — Thinlip mullet FIGURE 11. Kyphosus sectator (photo R. Bañón). Family Labridae * Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Mediterranean rainbow wrasse * Acantholabrus palloni (Risso, 1810) — Scale-rayed wrasse * Centrolabrus exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Rock cook * Labrus bergylta Ascanius, 1767 — Ballan wrasse * Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758 — Cuckoo wrasse Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758 — Brown wrasse Reported by López-Seoane (1866) ; there are no posterior records of this species. Labrus viridis Linnaeus, 1758 — Green wrasse Reported by López-Seoane (1866) ; there are no posterior records of this species. * Ctenolabrus rupestris (Linnaeus, 1758) — Goldsinny * Symphodus bailloni (Valenciennes, 1839) — Baillon’s wrasse * Symphodus cinereus (Bonnaterre, 1788) — Grey wrasse Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758) — East Atlantic peacock wrasse * Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758) — Corkwing Symphodus ocellatus (Forsskål, 1775) — No common name Family Chiasmodontidae Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1864 — Black swallower Family Ammodytidae * Gymnammodytes semisquamatus (Jourdain, 1879) — Smooth sandeel * Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758 — Sandeel * Hyperoplus lanceolatus (Le Sauvage, 1824) — Great sandeel Hyperoplus immaculatus (Corbin, 1950) — Immaculate sandeel Not mentioned for Galician waters neither by Reay in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro et al. (2003) . Recorded from Galicia by Franco and Sola (1985) . Family Trachinidae * Trachinus draco Linnaeus, 1758 — Greater weever fish * Echiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829) — Lesser weever fish Trachinus araneus Cuvier, 1829 — Spotted weever Identified by a photo of one specimen captured by gill-net in May 2008 in the Ría de Muros ( Figure 12 ). FIGURE 12. Trachinus araneus (photo UTPB-Xunta de Galicia). Family Uranoscopidae Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 — Atlantic stargazer Family Tripterygiidae * Tripterygion delaisi Cadenat & Blache, 1971 — Black-faced blenny Family Blenniidae * Parablennius ruber (Valenciennes, 1836) — Portuguese blenny * Parablennius gattorugine (Brünnich, 1768) — Tompot blenny * Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1811) — Rusty blenny * Parablennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 1829) — Ringneck blenny * Salaria pavo (Risso, 1810) — Peacock blenny * Coryphoblennius galerita (Linnaeus, 1758) — Montagu's blenny * Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus, 1758 — Butterfly blenny * Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Shanny *Paralipophrys trigloides (Valenciennes, 1836) — No common name Family Callionymidae * Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758 — Common dragonet * Callionymus maculatus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810 — Spotted dragonet * Callionymus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1837 — Reticulate dragonet Family Gobiidae Crystallogobius linearis (Düben, 1845) — Crystal goby * Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758 — Black goby * Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758 — Rock Goby * Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814 — Giant goby Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 — Red-mouthed goby * Gobius xanthocephalus Heymer and Zander, 1992 — No common name Recorded by De Buen (1918 , 1935) and Iglesias (1981) as G. auratus . Recent studies have confirmed that these records are in fact G. xanthocephalus ( Figure 13 ) (Villegas-Ríos and Bañon, in press). Gobius gasteveni Miller, 1974 — Steven's goby Not recorded from Galicia neither by Miller in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro (2003) . However it is recorded from Galicia by Alberto et al. (1999) . Although it is seldom caught by fishery gears, it is usually observed by scuba divers in the Rías Baixas of Galicia where it is a common species ( Figure 14 ). Gobiusculus flavenscens (Fabricius, 1779) — Two-spotted goby * Aphia minuta (Risso, 1810) — Transparent goby Lesueurigobius suerii (Risso, 1810) — Lesueur's goby * Lesueurigobius friesii (Malm, 1874) — Fries's goby * Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1837) — Four-spotted goby * Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) — Sand goby * Pomatoschistus microps (Kroyer, 1838) — Common goby Pomatoschistus norvegicus (Collett, 1902) — Norwegian goby Not recorded from Galicia neither by Miller in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro (2003) . Reported by De Buen (1935b) as P. f a g e i. A total of 11 specimens were captured again between 140–180 m depth in “Demersales 86” and “Demersales 01” surveys. * Pomatoschistus pictus (Malm, 1865) — Painted goby Pomatoschistus lozanoi ( De Buen, 1923) — Lozano's goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Pallas, 1814) — Grass goby Not recorded from Galicia neither by Miller in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro (2003) . Reported by De Buen (1935b) ; we consider this as a doubtful record. Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839) — Leopard-spotted goby Unrecorded from Galicia but many underwater images confirm their presence ( Figure 15 ). FIGURE 13. Gobius xantocephalus (photo D. Villegas-Ríos). FIGURE 14. Gobius gasteveni (photo D. Villegas-Ríos). FIGURE 15. Thorogobius ephippiatus (photo D. Villegas-Ríos). Family Luvaridae Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 — Luvar Family Scombrolabracidae Scombrolabrax heterolepis Roule, 1921 — Longfin escolar Family Sphyraenidae Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758) — European barracuda Family Gempylidae Nesiarchus nasutus Johnson, 1862 — Black gemfish Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833 — Oilfish Family Trichiuridae Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 — Largehead hairtail * Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) — Scabbard fish Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839 — Black scabbardfish Benthodesmus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891) — Simony's frostfish Family Xiphiidae Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 — Swordfish Family Istiophoridae Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860 — Atlantic white marlin Family Scombridae Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789 — Chub mackerel * Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 — Atlantic mackerel Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Blue-fin tunny Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) — Albacore Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Skipjack tuna Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810) — Frigate mackerel Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) — Bonito Familly Centrolophidae * Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789) — Blackfish Family Nomeidae Cubiceps gracilis (Lowe, 1843) — Driftfish Family Stromateidae Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758 — Blue butterfish