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 GADIFORMES Family Macrouridae Gadomus longifilis (Goode & Bean, 1885 ) — Treadfin grenadier * Trachyrincus scabrus (Rafinesque, 1810 ) — Roughsnout grenadier Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884 — Glasshead grenadier Coelorinchus caelorinchus (Risso, 1810 ) — Hollow nosed rattail Occasional catches mainly between 300–650 m depth in various “Demersales” surveys Coelorinchus labiatus (Koelher, 1896 ) — Spearsnouted grenadier Reported from Galicia as C. vaillanti by Arté ( 1952 ) . Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765 — Roundhead rat-tail Cetonurus globiceps (Vaillant, 1884 ) — Globehead grenadier * Malacocephalus laevi s (Lowe, 1843 ) — Rough rat-tail * Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878 ) — Common Atlantic grenadier Nezumia sclerorhynchus (Valenciennes, 1838 ) — Roughtip grenadier Family Moridae Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878 ) — Blue antimora Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810 ) — Gadella Recorded for Galicia based on one specimen of 11 cm TL caught to 570 m depth during the survey “Demersales 09” Halargyreus johnsonii Günther, 1862 — Slender codling Physiculus dalwigki Kaup, 1858 — Black codling Not mentioned for Galicia by Cohen in Whitehead et al. ( 1986 ). Recorded from the Galicia Bank (Bañón et al. , 2002 ) ( Figure 4 ). Mora moro (Risso, 1810 ) — Common mora * Lepidion eques (Günther, 1887 ) — North Atlantic codling FIGURE 4. Physiculus dalwigki (photo R. Bañón). Family Melanonidae Melanonus zugmayeri Norman, 1930 — Arrowtail Family Gadidae * Raniceps raninus (Linnaeus, 1758 ) — Tadpole fish * Trisopterus luscus (Linnaeus, 1758 ) — Bib * Trisopterus minutus (Linnaeus, 1758 ) — Poor cod Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 — Cod * Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827 ) — Blue whiting * Gadiculus argenteus argenteus Guichenot, 1850 — Silvery pout * Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758 ) — Whiting * Pollachius pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758 ) — Pollack Family Lotidae Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867 ) — Big-eyed rockling Gaidropsarus granti (Regan, 1903 ) — Azores rockling Recorded from the Galicia Bank (Bañón et al. , 2002 ). Recorded again in 2009 in the same area ( Figure 5 ), confirming its presence. This species has never been caught in the continental shelf of the Atlantic area and their distribution seems to be restricted to islands and seamounts. Gaidropsarus guttatus (Collet, 1890 ) — No common name * Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Cloquet, 1824 ) — 3 -bearded rockling * Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758 ) — Shore rockling * Ciliata mustela (Linnaeus, 1758 ) — 5 -bearded rockling Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758 ) — Ling Molva macrophtalma (Linnaeus, 1758 ) — Common ling Previously reported as M. dypterigia ( Solórzano et al. , 1988 ) FIGURE 5. Gaidropsarus granti (photo R. Bañón). Family Phycidae Phycis phycis (Linnaeus, 1766 ) — Forkbeard * Phycis blennoides (Brünnich, 1768 ) — Greater forkbeard Family Merluccidae *Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758 ) — European hake