Paralepis coregonoides borealis (Osteichthyes: Paralepididae) from Davis Strait and Labrador Sea

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Lear, W. H., May, A. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1971
• Subjects: General Medicine; Greenland; Reinhardt; Atlantic salmon; Davis Strait; Labrador Sea; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f71-178; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f71-178

Twenty Paralepis specimens were taken from the stomachs of 10 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) caught by drift net at seven fishing stations in the Davis Strait and Labrador Sea. Eleven of the 20 specimens were identified as Paralepis coregonoides borealis Reinhardt on the basis of vertebral counts, and the remainder are tentatively assigned to this species. These are the first records of adult specimens from the Davis Strait, though a few have been recorded from the west coast of Greenland.