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
PLEURONECTIFORMES
Family
Citharidae
Citharus linguatula
(Linnaeus, 1758)
— Atlantic spotted flounder Fifteen specimens ranging between 6 and
10 cm
TL caught at
130–160 m
depth during several “Demersales” surveys.
Family
Scophthalmidae
*
Scophthalmus rhombus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
— Brill
*Psetta maxima
(Linnaeus, 1758) — Turbot
*
Zeugopterus punctatus
(Bloch, 1787)
— Topknot
*
Zeugopterus regius
(Bonnaterre, 1788)
— Eckström's topknot
*
Phrynorhombus norvegicus
(Günther, 1862)
— Norwegian topknot Not recorded from Galicia neither by Nielsen in Whitehead
et al.
(1986) nor by
Quéro (2003)
. However it is recorded by
Iglesias (1981)
and posteriorly by
Bañón
et al.
(2008b)
(
Figure 16
), confirming its presence in Galician waters and extending to the south its known distribution range.
Lepidorhombus boscii
(Risso, 1810)
— Fourspotted megrim
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
(Walbaum, 1792)
— Megrim
FIGURE 16.
Phrynorhombus norvegicus
(photo R. Bañón).
Family
Bothidae
*
Arnoglossus imperialis
(Rafinesque, 1810)
— Imperial scald fish
*
Arnoglossus thori
Kyle, 1913
— Thor's scaldfish
*
Arnoglossus laterna
(Walbaum, 1792)
— Scald fish
Family
Pleuronectidae
Microstomus kitt
(Walbaum, 1792)
— Lemon sole
Two specimens of
43 cm
TL caught at 96 and
96.5 m
depth during the surveys “Demersales 95” and “Demersales 96” respectively.
*
Platichthys flesus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
— Flounder
*
Pleuronectes platessa
Linnaeus, 1758
— European plaice
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
— Witch
Family
Soleidae
Microchirus azevia
(de Brito Capello, 1867) — Bastard sole
*
Microchirus variegatus
(Donovan, 1808)
— Thickback sole
Monochirus hispidus
Rafinesque, 1814
— Whiskered sole Reported by
López-Seoane (1866)
; there are no posterior records of this species.
*
Solea solea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
— Sole
Solea senegalensis
Kaup, 1858
— Senegalese sole
*
Pegusa lascaris
(Risso, 1810)
— Sand sole
*
Bathysolea profundicola
(Vaillant, 1888)
— Deepwater sole
Dicologlossa cuneata
(Moreau, 1881)
— Wedge sole
*
Buglossidium luteum
(Risso, 1810)
— Solenette
Family
Cynoglossidae
Symphurus nigrescens
Rafinesque, 1810
— Tonguesole