Perciformes

• Main Authors: Mucientes, Gonzalo, Arronte, Juan Carlos
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Perciformes; Lowe; Alvarez; Lopez; Fernandez; Rodriguez; Peacock; Sola; Fries; Brama; Ballan; Malm; Villegas; Bulls Eye; Great sandeel; Hyperoplus lanceolatus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6208165; https://zenodo.org/record/6208165

ORDER PERCIFORMES Family Moronidae * Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) — European seabass Family Polyprionidae Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) — Wreckfish Family Serranidae * Anthias anthias (Linnaeus, 1758) — Swallowtail seaperch Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) — Dusky grouper Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) — Painted comber Reported by De Buen (1935 b); there are no posterior records of this species. * Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758) — Comber Family Callanthiidae * Callanthias ruber (Rafinesque, 1810) — Parrot seaperch Family Epigonidae Epigonus telescopus (Risso, 1810) — Bulls-eye Family Pomatomidae Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) — Bluefish Not mentioned for Galician waters by Tortonese in Whitehead et al. (1986). Recorded by Lozano y Rey (1952), based on a picture of one specimen landed in the port of Vigo, erroneously identified by De Buen (1935 b). There are reports of sporadic catches by game fishers from 1969 to approximately 1994. The last reported specimen of 76 cm TL was caught on 3 June 2007 in Portosin (Bañón et al. , 2008 b). Family Echeneidae Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) — Spearfish remora Not mentioned for Galician waters neither by Lachner in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro et al. , (2003). Recorded from Galicia by Solórzano et al. (1988), as specimens attached to swordfish individuals caught by the longlinners. We consider this a doubtful record, probably out of the study area. *Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common remora Two specimens of 10 and 11 cm TL caught during the survey “Demersales 00” at 267 m depth. Family Carangidae * Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) —Atlantic horse mackerel * Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825) — Blue jack mackerel Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner, 1868) — Mediterranean horse mackerel Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) — White trevally Not mentioned for Galician waters by Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. (1986). Reported by Fernández and Bañon (1997). Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815) — Blue runner Not mentioned for Galician waters by Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. (1986). Recorded from Galicia by Bañón and Casas (1997). A new unreported specimen of 52 cm TL was caught on 30 th November 2009 in the Ensenada de Corcubión, at 33 m depth (Figure 10). * Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758) —Pilotfish * Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833 —Almaco jack * Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) — Lesser amberjack Not mentioned for Galician waters neither by Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro et al. (2003). Recorded from Galicia by Bañón and Mucientes (2009), one specimen of 32 cm TL caught on 19 th September 2008 in the Ría de Arousa (South Galicia) at 12 m depth. Campogramma glaycos (Lacepède, 1801) — Vadigo Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758) — Leerfish Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Derbio Family Coryphaenidae Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 — Common dolphinfish Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758 — Pompano dolphinfish Family Bramidae Pterycombus brama Fries, 1837 — Atlantic fanfish * Taractes asper Lowe, 1843 — Rough pomfret Taractichthys longipinnis (Lowe, 1843) — Bigscale pomfret * Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788) — Atlantic pomfret Family Sparidae Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) — Pink dentex Reported by López-Seoane (1866); there are no posterior records of this species. Dentex macrophthalmus (Bloch, 1791) — Large-eye dentex Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) —Common dentex Pagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes, 1830) — Bluespotted seabream Reported by Fernández et al. (1978) as Sparus caurelosticus . * Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common seabream Diplodus annularis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Annular seabream * Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838) — Zebra seabream * Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) — White seabream * Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) — Common two-banded seabream Diplodus puntazzo (Cetti, 1777) — Sharpsnout seabream * Pagellus acarne (Risso, 1827) — Axillary seabream * Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768) — Blackspot seabream * Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Common pandora * Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 — Gilthead seabream * Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bogue Oblada melanura (Linnaeus, 1758) — Saddled seabream * Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) — Salema * Spondyliosoma cantharus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Black seabream * Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Striped seabream Family Centracanthidae Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758) — Blotched picarel Reported by López-Seoane (1866); there are no posterior records of this species. Family Sciaenidae Umbrina cirrosa (Linnaeus, 1758) — Shi drum Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758 — Brown meagre Umbrina canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 — Canary drum One specimen of 369 mm TL caught on 11 March 2009 in the Ría de Viveiro. Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801) — Meagre Family Mullidae * Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 — Striped red mullet Mullus barbatus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 — Red mullet Family Kyphosidae Kyphosus sectator (Linnaeus, 1758) — Bermuda sea chub Not mentioned for the Atlantic European waters neither by Tortonese in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro et al. (2003). Recorded from Galicia by Bañón (2004) (Figure 11) but previously observed by scuba divers, at least since 2001. Since 2005 the capture of three specimens has been recorded. Family Cepolidae * Cepola macrophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758) — Red bandfish Family Mugilidae * Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827) — Thicklip grey mullet Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 — Flathead mullet * Liza aurata (Risso, 1810) — Golden grey mullet Liza ramada (Risso, 1810) — Thinlip mullet Family Labridae * Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Mediterranean rainbow wrasse * Acantholabrus palloni (Risso, 1810) — Scale-rayed wrasse * Centrolabrus exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Rock cook * Labrus bergylta Ascanius, 1767 — Ballan wrasse * Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758 — Cuckoo wrasse Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758 — Brown wrasse Reported by López-Seoane (1866); there are no posterior records of this species. Labrus viridis Linnaeus, 1758 — Green wrasse Reported by López-Seoane (1866); there are no posterior records of this species. * Ctenolabrus rupestris (Linnaeus, 1758) — Goldsinny * Symphodus bailloni (Valenciennes, 1839) — Baillon’s wrasse * Symphodus cinereus (Bonnaterre, 1788) — Grey wrasse Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758) — East Atlantic peacock wrasse * Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758) — Corkwing Symphodus ocellatus (Forsskål, 1775) — No common name Family Chiasmodontidae Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1864 — Black swallower Family Ammodytidae * Gymnammodytes semisquamatus (Jourdain, 1879) — Smooth sandeel * Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758 — Sandeel * Hyperoplus lanceolatus (Le Sauvage, 1824) — Great sandeel Hyperoplus immaculatus (Corbin, 1950) — Immaculate sandeel Not mentioned for Galician waters neither by Reay in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro et al. (2003). Recorded from Galicia by Franco and Sola (1985). Family Trachinidae * Trachinus draco Linnaeus, 1758 — Greater weever fish * Echiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829) — Lesser weever fish Trachinus araneus Cuvier, 1829 — Spotted weever Identified by a photo of one specimen captured by gill-net in May 2008 in the Ría de Muros (Figure 12). Family Uranoscopidae Uranoscopus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 — Atlantic stargazer Family Tripterygiidae * Tripterygion delaisi Cadenat & Blache, 1971 — Black-faced blenny Family Blenniidae * Parablennius ruber (Valenciennes, 1836) — Portuguese blenny * Parablennius gattorugine (Brünnich, 1768) — Tompot blenny * Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1811) — Rusty blenny * Parablennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 1829) — Ringneck blenny * Salaria pavo (Risso, 1810) — Peacock blenny * Coryphoblennius galerita (Linnaeus, 1758) — Montagu's blenny * Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus, 1758 — Butterfly blenny * Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Shanny *Paralipophrys trigloides (Valenciennes, 1836) — No common name Family Callionymidae * Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758 — Common dragonet * Callionymus maculatus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810 — Spotted dragonet * Callionymus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1837 — Reticulate dragonet Family Gobiidae Crystallogobius linearis (Düben, 1845) — Crystal goby * Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758 — Black goby * Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758 — Rock Goby * Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814 — Giant goby Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 — Red-mouthed goby * Gobius xanthocephalus Heymer and Zander, 1992 — No common name Recorded by De Buen (1918, 1935) and Iglesias (1981) as G. auratus . Recent studies have confirmed that these records are in fact G. xanthocephalus (Figure 13) (Villegas-Ríos and Bañon, in press). Gobius gasteveni Miller, 1974 — Steven's goby Not recorded from Galicia neither by Miller in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro (2003). However it is recorded from Galicia by Alberto et al. (1999). Although it is seldom caught by fishery gears, it is usually observed by scuba divers in the Rías Baixas of Galicia where it is a common species (Figure 14). Gobiusculus flavenscens (Fabricius, 1779) — Two-spotted goby * Aphia minuta (Risso, 1810) — Transparent goby Lesueurigobius suerii (Risso, 1810) — Lesueur's goby * Lesueurigobius friesii (Malm, 1874) — Fries's goby * Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1837) — Four-spotted goby * Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) — Sand goby * Pomatoschistus microps (Kroyer, 1838) — Common goby Pomatoschistus norvegicus (Collett, 1902) — Norwegian goby Not recorded from Galicia neither by Miller in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro (2003). Reported by De Buen (1935 b) as P. f a g e i. A total of 11 specimens were captured again between 140–180 m depth in “Demersales 86 ” and “Demersales 01” surveys. * Pomatoschistus pictus (Malm, 1865) — Painted goby Pomatoschistus lozanoi (De Buen, 1923) — Lozano's goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Pallas, 1814) — Grass goby Not recorded from Galicia neither by Miller in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro (2003). Reported by De Buen (1935 b); we consider this as a doubtful record. Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839) — Leopard-spotted goby Unrecorded from Galicia but many underwater images confirm their presence (Figure 15). Family Luvaridae Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 — Luvar Family Scombrolabracidae Scombrolabrax heterolepis Roule, 1921 — Longfin escolar Family Sphyraenidae Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758) — European barracuda Family Gempylidae Nesiarchus nasutus Johnson, 1862 — Black gemfish Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833 — Oilfish Family Trichiuridae Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 — Largehead hairtail * Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) — Scabbard fish Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839 — Black scabbardfish Benthodesmus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891) — Simony's frostfish Family Xiphiidae Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 — Swordfish Family Istiophoridae Tetrapturus albidus Poey, 1860 — Atlantic white marlin Family Scombridae Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789 — Chub mackerel * Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 — Atlantic mackerel Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Blue-fin tunny Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) — Albacore Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Skipjack tuna Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810) — Frigate mackerel Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) — Bonito Familly Centrolophidae * Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789) — Blackfish Family Nomeidae Cubiceps gracilis (Lowe, 1843) — Driftfish Family Stromateidae Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758 — Blue butterfish : Published as part of Mucientes, Gonzalo & Arronte, Juan Carlos, 2010, Marine fishes from Galicia (NW Spain): an updated checklist, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 2667 on pages 15-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276366 : {"references": ["De Buen, F. 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