Prognathodes marcellae (Poll, 1950)

Triay-Portella, Raül, Pajuelo, José G., Manent, Pablo, Espino, Fernando, Ruiz-Díaz, Raquel, Lorenzo, José M. & González, José A., 2015, New records of non-indigenous fishes (Perciformes and Tetraodontiformes) from the Canary Islands (north-eastern Atlantic), Cybium 39 (3), pp. 163-174 : 167

Prognathodes marcellae (Poll, 1950) , French butterflyfish

Material examined. – No voucher specimens. One individual caught on a fish-trap and photographed, and then identified by the authors. An adult, approximately 97 mm TL, off El Burrero Beach, 27°54’N 15°23’W, 40-50 m, 16 Aug. 2014, sand ( Fig. 2D ).

Sightings and catches. – Twice, n = 2: off El Burrero Beach, 40-50 m, sand; Baja de Gando (= Gando reef), 27° 56’N 15°21’W, 23 m, rocks ( Fig. 3 ) .

Remarks. – A tropical reef-associated species, living from 12 to 140 m of depth ( Maugé, 1990). Most specimens were collected on soft bottoms ( Maugé, 1990). Oviparous; form pairs during breeding ( Breder and Rosen, 1966). No information exists on its feeding habits in literature. Maximum length published is 116 mm TL ( Reiner, 2005). An eastern Atlantic species, known from Senegal and Cape Verde Islands ( Maugé, 1990; Brito et al., 1999; Wirtz et al., 2013; Hanel and John, 2015) to Angola ( Bianchi, 1986), including the Gulf of Guinea islands of São Tomé and Rolas where is common at 5-20 m ( Wirtz et al., 2007).

P. marcellae was first reported from the Canaries by Brito (1991), as a demersal littoral species on rocky bottom, based on one individual caught in the South of Tenerife Island .

Figures

Figure 2. - Non-native species introduced to the Canaries. A: Holocentrus adscensionis; B: Cephalopholis taeniops; C: Paranthias furcifer; D: Prognathodes marcellae; E: Abudefduf saxatilis; F: Abudefduf hoefleri; G: Acanthurus bahianus; H: Acanthurus coeruleus; I: Acanthurus chirurgus; J: Acanthurus monroviae; K: Cantherhines pullus. Scale bars = 5 cm.

Figure 3. - Collection locations for the new records from the Canaries. 1: Holocentrus adscensionis, 2: Cephalopholis taeniops, 3: Paranthias furcifer, 4: Prognathodes marcellae, 5: Abudefduf saxatilis, 6: Abudefduf hoefleri, 7: Acanthurus bahianus, 8: Acanthurus coeru- leus, 9: Acanthurus chirurgus, 10: Acanthurus monroviae, 11: Cantherhines pullus.