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First occurrence of the deepwater scorpionfish Setarches guentheri (Scorpaeniformes: Setarchidae) in Cantabrian waters: a northernmost occurrence in the eastern Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2010

Eva M. Velasco ,
Florencio González ,
Marco Amez ,
Esther Méndez  and
Antonio Punzón
Eva M. Velasco*
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón, Avenida Príncipe de Asturias 70 bis, 33212 Gijón-Asturias, Spain
Florencio González
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón, Avenida Príncipe de Asturias 70 bis, 33212 Gijón-Asturias, Spain
Marco Amez
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, Promontorio San Martín s/n., 39004 Santander-Cantabria, Spain
Esther Méndez
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón, Avenida Príncipe de Asturias 70 bis, 33212 Gijón-Asturias, Spain
Antonio Punzón
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, Promontorio San Martín s/n., 39004 Santander-Cantabria, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: E.M. Velasco, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón, Avenida Príncipe de Asturias 70 bis, 33212 Gijón-Asturias, Spain email: eva.velasco@gi.ieo.es
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Abstract

The scorpionfish Setarches guentheri (Scorpaeniformes: Setarchidae) usually dwells offshore, in soft bottom deep areas at depths of about 150 to 780 m and at bottom temperature range of 5.5°C–12.5°C. This species has the widest distribution of any known scorpaenid, although this is a rare bathydemersal scorpaenid. Setarches guentheri has a large distribution, occurring from the Indo-West Pacific (Tanzania to South Africa, India and Sri Lanka to the Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, north to Japan, Fiji and Hawaii, south to the Philippines, Indonesia and Western Australia), from the eastern Pacific (Chile) and from the Atlantic Ocean (in the western Atlantic, USA to Brazil, and in the eastern Atlantic). In the eastern Atlantic, it has been recorded from Morocco, Madeira and Cape Verde to South Africa and, in the Iberian Peninsula, there was only one previous record from the Algarve coast, Portugal. The present record constitutes a new extended northern limit for the distribution of S. guentheri in this area.

Keywords

SetarchidaeSetarches guentherifirst occurrenceCantabrian watersnorth-eastern Atlantic
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e82
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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