Acantholabrus palloni (Risso, 1810)

González, José A., Martins, Albertino, Santana, José I., Triay-Portella, Raül, Monteiro, Carlos, García-Martín, Verónica, Jiménez, Sebastián, González-Lorenzo, Gustavo, Pajuelo, José G., Lorenzo, José M. & Biscoito, Manuel, 2014, New and rare records of teleost fishes from the Cape Verde Islands (eastern-central Atlantic Ocean), Cybium 38 (4), pp. 289-300 : 296

Acantholabrus palloni (Risso, 1810)

Material examined. ‑ MMF 41912, 310 mm TL, 261 mm SL, MMF 41913, 307 mm TL, 256 mm SL, 16°45’ N‑25 °03’W, Vale Flamengos , São Vicente Island, 180‑240 m, cruise Cabo Verde 2010‑04, sta. 8‑D3, rocky bottom, 30 Apr. 2010, SFST .

Additional material. ‑ Seven specimens: 320 mm TL, 275 mm SL, São Pedro , São Vicente Island, 206‑247 m, cruise Cabo Verde 2010‑04, sta. 2, rocky bottom, 14 Apr. 2010, SFST ; a post‑spawn male, 200 mm TL, 160 mm SL, Vale Flamengos , São Vicente Island, 180‑240 m, cruise Cabo Verde 2010‑04, sta. 8, rocky bottom, 16 Apr. 2010, SFST ; a post‑spawn male, 290 mm TL, 240 mm SL, Ponta dos Piquinhos, Santa Luzia Island , 112‑136 m, cruise Cabo Verde 2010‑04, sta. 16, rocky bottom, 19 Apr. 2010, SFST ; a post‑spawn male, 330 mm TL, 275 mm SL, Ponta Lobo, Santiago Island , 109‑ 109 m, cruise Camarão‑1, sta. 19, rocky bottom, 24 Nov. 2011, SFST ; a post‑spawn male, 326 mm TL, 274 mm SL, two immature males, 235 mm TL, 192 mm SL, 231 mm TL, 191 mm SL, S of Ponta Leste , Santiago Island, 104‑121 m, cruise Camarão‑1, sta. 18‑D2, rocky bottom, 25 Nov. 2011, SFST .

Remarks. - A temperate eastern Atlantic species inhabiting (adults) coastal waters near rocky or sandy bottoms, also found reef-associated, between 30 and 500 m depth ( Schneider, 1990; Froese and Pauly, 2014). It has been recorded from Norway south to Cape Lopez, Gabon and including the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands. Also present in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas ( Gomon and Forsyth, 1990; Schneider, 1990; Froese and Pauly, 2014). The presence of this species in Cape Verde is given for the first time by Reiner (1996), but with no collection details. Wirtz et al. (2013) mention a photograph of this species. The material examined in the present paper represents in fact the first confirmed record of this species from the Cape Verde, present in at least four islands of this archipelago, between 104 m and 247 m depth. All specimens were collected in SFST, therefore indicating the benthopelagic nature of this species in these waters.