New records of rare fish species for the Gulf of Cádiz

Comunicación a congreso The Gulf of Cádiz represents an area with a high faunistic biodiversity due to the coexistence of species from different biogeografical regions (Lusitanian, Mediterranean, Mauritanian). The natural distribution of these species includes latitudinal (African and north Atlantic...

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Main Authors: Farias, C. (Carlos), González-García, E. (Emilio), Gil, J. (Juan), Rueda, J.L. (José Luis), Baro, J. (Jorge), Sobrino, I. (Ignacio), Díaz-del-Río-Español, V. (Víctor)
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga 2012
Subjects:
Gulf of Cádiz
Benthocometes robustus
Minyichthys sentus
Zenion hololepis
Opisthoproctus grimaldii
Chica
Saavedra
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10508/2070
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Summary:Comunicación a congreso The Gulf of Cádiz represents an area with a high faunistic biodiversity due to the coexistence of species from different biogeografical regions (Lusitanian, Mediterranean, Mauritanian). The natural distribution of these species includes latitudinal (African and north Atlantic species) or longitudinal gradients (Mediterranean and anfiatlantic species). Information on the distribution/presence of species in the Gulf of Cádiz is scarce for deep-sea ones and it is of interest for biodiversity studies and further monitoring of global warming effects (colonization of species from lower latitudes), among others. During the scientific surveys INDEMARES/CHICA 0211 and ARSA 0311, carried out by the IEO on board R/V Cornide de Saavedra, some rare fish species were caught using diferent fishing gears such as otter-trawl and beam-trawl. Some of them represents first records for the Gulf of Cádiz area or the European margin.

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