Pleuronectiformes
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Description
ORDER PLEURONECTIFORMES
Family Citharidae
Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758) — Atlantic spotted flounder Fifteen specimens ranging between 6 and 10 cm TL caught at 130–160 m depth during several “Demersales” surveys.
Family Scophthalmidae
* Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Brill
*Psetta maxima (Linnaeus, 1758) — Turbot
* Zeugopterus punctatus (Bloch, 1787) — Topknot
* Zeugopterus regius (Bonnaterre, 1788) — Eckström's topknot
* Phrynorhombus norvegicus (Günther, 1862) — Norwegian topknot Not recorded from Galicia neither by Nielsen in Whitehead et al. (1986) nor by Quéro (2003). However it is recorded by Iglesias (1981) and posteriorly by Bañón et al. (2008b) (Figure 16), confirming its presence in Galician waters and extending to the south its known distribution range.
Lepidorhombus boscii (Risso, 1810) — Fourspotted megrim
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792) — Megrim
Family Bothidae
* Arnoglossus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810) — Imperial scald fish * Arnoglossus thori Kyle, 1913 — Thor's scaldfish * Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792) — Scald fish
Family Pleuronectidae
Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792) — Lemon sole
Two specimens of 43 cm TL caught at 96 and 96.5 m depth during the surveys “Demersales 95” and “Demersales 96” respectively.
* Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Flounder
* Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 — European plaice Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Witch
Family Soleidae
Microchirus azevia (de Brito Capello, 1867) — Bastard sole
* Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808) — Thickback sole
Monochirus hispidus Rafinesque, 1814 — Whiskered sole Reported by López-Seoane (1866); there are no posterior records of this species.
* Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Sole
Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858 — Senegalese sole
* Pegusa lascaris (Risso, 1810) — Sand sole
* Bathysolea profundicola (Vaillant, 1888) — Deepwater sole
Dicologlossa cuneata (Moreau, 1881) — Wedge sole
* Buglossidium luteum (Risso, 1810) — Solenette
Family Cynoglossidae
Symphurus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1810 — Tonguesole
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.276366 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
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- Pleuronectiformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
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References
- Quero, J. - C., Porche, P. &. Vayne, J. - J. (2003) Guide des poissons de l'Atlantique Europeen, Delachaux & Niestle Ed., 465 pp.
- Iglesias, J. (1981) Spatial and temporal changes in the demersal fish community of the Ria de Arosa (NW Spain). Marine Biology, 65 (2), 199 - 208.
- Banon, R., Ferreiro, P., Garcia-Seoane, E., Oliver, P. & Insua, J. (2008 b) Nuevos datos sobre la presencia de especies nuevas o poco conocidas de la ictiofauna marina de Galicia (II). Nova Acta Cientifica Compostelana (Biologia), 17, 191 - 194.
- Lopez-Seoane, V. (1866) Resena de la historia natural de Galicia. Edicion facsimil, Edicion do Castro, 1996. Sada, A Coruna. 66 pp.