New records of rare fish species for the Gulf of Cádiz

• 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

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.