Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 47(4): 401-405, doi: 10.3750/AIEP/02253
New records of two southern fishes found in northern waters of the Iberian Peninsula
R. Bañón, A. Alonso-Fernandez, J.C. Arronte, D. Barros-García, A. De CarlosCorresponding author: R. Bañón © R. Bañón, A. Alonso-Fernandez, J.C. Arronte, D. Barros-García, A. De Carlos. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Bañón R, Alonso-Fernandez A, Arronte J, Barros-García D, De Carlos A (2017) New records of two southern fishes found in northern waters of the Iberian Peninsula. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 47(4): 401-405. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02253 |  |
Abstract
The first records of the spearfish remora, Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) (Actinopterygii: Echeneidae), and the white grouper, Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Actinopterygii: Serranidae), from northern Spanish waters are reported. Both findings are, respectively, the second and the first northernmost reports, for both fish species, in the eastern Atlantic. Morphometric and meristic parameters, along with DNA barcoding, confirmed the identification of the remora specimen. Results of the histological examination of the gonads of R. brachyptera are also reported, showing a mature male at the developing maturity phase. The grouper specimen was identified taking into account its characteristic coloration based on a photograph.
Keywords
NE Atlantic, tropicalisation, morphology, DNA barcoding, fish identification