Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828)

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 : 165

Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828) , African hind or blue-spotted seabass

Material examined. – ICCM404 , one resting male, 390 mm TL, 325 mm SL, off Baja de Melenara (Melenara reef), 27°59’N 15°22’W, 15-24 m, 15 Oct. 2014, rocks with sand ( Fig. 2B ) .

Sightings and catches. – Twice , n = 3: Melenara reef, 15-24 m, rocks with sand; off the Port of Agaete, 28°06’N 15°42’W, 20-30 m, rocks with sand ( Fig. 3 ) .

Remarks. – A demersal species, found on shallow tropical rocky reefs and sandy bottoms up to 200 m depth in the eastern Atlantic from the Western Sahara to Angola, including Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands ( Rocha et al., 2008; Craig et al., 2011; Tariche et al., 2014). This is a large-sized carnivorous species ( Tariche 2002; Brito et al., 2011). Maximum length published is 700 mm TL.

C. taeniops was first reported from the Canaries by Brito et al. (2011) based on one individual caught at the Port of Las Palmas .

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.