First records of the blue runner Caranx crysos (Perciformes: Carangidae) in Newfoundland waters

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Devine, B. M., Fisher, J. A. D.
• Other Authors: Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Research and Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12438; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjfb.12438; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfb.12438

From August to September 2013, c . 21 specimens of the blue runner Caranx crysos were caught by commercial fishermen in two locations off the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada. These samples represent the first records of C . crysos in Newfoundland waters, and a potential northward range expansion of this species in the north‐western Atlantic Ocean. They also illustrate the importance of fisher‐derived sampling that spans times and locations outside of the limited range targeted by scientific surveys in this region.