Occurrence of Grammicolepis brachiusculus Poey, 1873 (Pisces: Grammicolepididae...

• Author(s): Barreiros, João P. ; Machado, Leonardo F. ; Vieira, Rui P. ; Porteiro, Filipe M.
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/1256
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Grammicolepididae; Deepscale Dory; First Record; Distribution Range; NE Atlantic; Azores Archipelago
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Three specimens of Grammicolepis brachiusculus were caught by the commercial bottom hand and longline fisheries off Terceira and Faial Islands, Azores Archipelago. This is the first record of the species for the region, and one of few ever caught in the NE Atlantic.