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New Record of a Non-Native Marine Fish Species, Chaetodipterus Faber (Broussonet, 1782), Coming from Western Atlantic Waters into the Canary Islands (Central-Eastern Atlantic Ocean)

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Abstract

In February 2020, a single individual of Atlantic spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber, was captured in the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic Ocean). Its morphology and external features were analyzed and described. As this species is native to the western Atlantic Ocean, its detection near the commercial harbour supports the hypothesis of ‘trans-Atlantic route’ facilitated by oil platforms or ballast water in ships.

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The specimen is deposited at the Museum of Nature and Man at Tenerife (Tenerife, Canary Islands) with the code TFMCBM-VP/01957.

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Acknowledgements

We thank to Mr. Josué and the crew of the vessel “Taquito Primero” from Taliarte port for providing the specimen.

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  1. ECOS Estudios Ambientales y Oceanografía, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

    José Antonio Pérez-Peñalvo

  2. Dirección General de Pesca, Gobierno de Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

    Antonio Manuel García-Mederos

  3. Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global (IOCAG), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Telde, Canary Islands, 35214, Spain

    Víctor Manuel Tuset

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J.A. Pérez-Peñalvo: Field survey, collection, analysis and taxonomy, review and editing; A.M. García-Mederos: Analysis, collection, taxonomy, review and editing; V.M. Tuset: Conceptualization and writing.

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Pérez-Peñalvo, J.A., García-Mederos, A.M. & Tuset, V.M. New Record of a Non-Native Marine Fish Species, Chaetodipterus Faber (Broussonet, 1782), Coming from Western Atlantic Waters into the Canary Islands (Central-Eastern Atlantic Ocean). Thalassas 40, 377–381 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-023-00635-5

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