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
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Ruiz-Díaz, Raquel
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Lorenzo, José M.
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González, José A.
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Cybium
2015
2015-09-30
39
3
163
174
http://dx.doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2015-393-001
journal article
10.26028/cybium/2015-393-001
2101-0315
13613589
Cantherhines pullus
(Ranzani, 1842)
, orange-spotted filefish
Material examined. –
No
voucher specimens.
One
individual caught on a
fish trap
and photographed, and then identified by an expert.
An
adult, approximately
114 mm
TL, off
Castillo del Romeral
,
27°47’N
15°27’W
,
18-30 m
,
14 Jan. 2015
, rocks (
Fig. 2K
)
.
Sightings and catches
. – Once, n = 1, same locality (
Fig. 3
).
Remarks. –
A subtropical reef-associated species, living from
3 to 50 m
of depth (
Harmelin-Vivien and Quéro, 1990
), usually at
3-20 m
(
Gasparini and Floeter, 2001
). Found in shallow water and around coral and rocky reefs (Tyler, 1978). Usually remains near the bottom, hiding among gorgonians and branching coral (
Lieske and Myers, 1994
). Feeds on bottom growth, primarily sponges and algae, but stomachs often contain tunicates, bryozoans and other sessile benthic invertebrates (
Böhlke and Chaplin, 1993
). Young are pelagic and highly important food items in the diet of large predaceous fishes such as tunas and billfishes (Tyler, 1978). Maximum length published is
200 mm
TL (
Robins and Ray, 1986
). An amphi-Atlantic species. West Atlantic: known from
Massachusetts
,
USA
and
Bermuda
to southeastern
Brazil
(
Harmelin-Vivien and Quéro, 1990
), including Trindade Island (
Gasparini and Floeter, 2001
). East Atlantic: off some Gulf of
Guinea
islands (
Harmelin-Vivien and Quéro, 1990
),
São Tomé and Príncipe
(
Osório, 1891
;
Afonso
et al.
, 1999
;
Wirtz
et al.
, 2007
) and
Annobón
(
Wirtz
et al.
, 2007
). Absent from the
Cape Verde
Islands (
Wirtz
et al.
, 2013
).
This is the first record for
C. pullus
from the
Canary Islands
.