Bigscale pomfret

vernacular_names

– Big-scale pomfret; Xaputa-galhuda ① ②, Xaputa ②, Freira-de-natura ③

Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf

description

Diagnostic characters: Based on examined adult specimen (in brackets) and literature data (Mead, 1972; Haedrich, 1986; Tomás et al., 1988; Smith, 1986; Thompson & Russell, 1996; Santos et al., 1997; Figueiredo et al., 2002; Thompson, 2003, 2008; McEachran & Fechhelm, 2005). Body compressed, rather short and deep, the greatest depth 54 – 61 % (56.3 %) of standard length; dorsal profile of head strongly to moderate convex according to age; snout blunt; interorbital rounded; pre-caudal grooves well developed in adults; dorsal and anal fins stiff, covered with scales, and falcate; dorsal fin rays 33 – 38 (35); anal fin rays 27 – 30 (27); pectoral fin extends beyond anterior anal fin rays, with 20 – 22 (20) rays; horizontal series of scales 39 – 46 (41); gill rakers, 1 – 3 + 6 – 9 (1 + 8), not counting rudiments; scales on sides of body with a strong central spine, except in very large specimens as the one examined, aligned as in horizontal lines; scales of head and belly smooth; last scale on caudal peduncle larger than scales on caudal fin; caudal fin emarginated in young, forked to lunate in adults. Color varies from almost black to dark brown with bronze to silver sheen, belly somew

First report of rare pomfrets (Teleostei: Bramidae) from Brazilian waters, with a key to Western Atlantic species

distribution

Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Norway southwards to South Africa; Azores and Madeira Islands. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Puerto Rico, Bermuda, northern South America to southeastern Brazil. Proposed Brazilian name: “ Lira-Galhudo ” after its resemblance to the “ Lira ” (Taractes rubescens) and the high dorsal and anal fins (“ Galhudo ”).

First report of rare pomfrets (Teleostei: Bramidae) from Brazilian waters, with a key to Western Atlantic species