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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50B7E074-F212-4193-BFB9-84A1D0A0E03C
Family
Etmopteridae
Etmopterus spinax
(Linnaeus, 1758)
—Velvet belly lantern shark
2,951 specimens were caught at depths between 643 and
1,115 m
. Length data were available for 1,156 specimens ranging from
13 to 49 cm
TL (33.9±7.5), with males between 13 and
44 cm
TL (31.6±6.3, N=446) and females between 13 and
49 cm
TL (35.8±7.6, N=680). Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal, found on the outer continental shelves and upper slopes at depths of
70–2,000 m
, mostly between 200 and
500 m
.
Eastern Atlantic, from
Iceland
and
Norway
to
Gabon
, including the Azores and
Cape Verde
islands and western Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: LC (IUCN), MHV (FishBase).
Etmopterus pusillus
(Lowe, 1839)
—Smooth lanternshark
33 specimens
were caught at depths between 643 and
936 m
.
Length data were available for
21 specimens
ranging from
33 to 47 cm
TL, with males between 33 and
45 cm
(N=15) and females between 33 and
47 cm
(N=6). Habitat and Distribution: benthopelagic, on the continental slopes, on or near bottom at a depth of
274 to 1000 m
or deeper (possibly up to
1998 m
). Eastern Atlantic, western Atlantic, Indian, Central and western Pacific oceans. Vulnerability: LC (IUCN), MV (FishBase).
Etmopterus princeps
Collet, 1904
—Great lanternshark
25 specimens
were caught at depths between 1,460 and
1,809 m
. Length data were recorded for all specimens ranging from
18 to 64 cm
TL, with males between 19 and
64 cm
(N=11) and females between 18 and
60 cm
(N=14). Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal on the continental slopes and also lower rise from
350 to 4,500 m
depth. Eastern North Atlantic, from
Greenland
and
Iceland
to
Mauritania
and possibly
Sierra Leone
and western North Atlantic (
Canada
and
USA
). Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MHV (FishBase).