Physiculus cyanostrophus Anderson & Tweddle, 2002

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 : 295

Physiculus cyanostrophus Anderson & Tweddle, 2002

Material examined. - MMF 42538, 326 mm TL, 295 mm SL, 195‑220 m, st. 170, MMF 42539, 246 mm TL, 221 mm SL, 174‑175 m, sta. 186, rocky bottom, both from Baía do Tarrafal, Santiago Island, approx. at 15°14’N 23°45’W, cruise Cabo Verde 2005‑06, 14 Jun. 2005, NB .

Additional material. - A total of 459 specimens of this species were caught and are being used for a biology study by one of the authors ( RTP) .

Remarks. - Specimens were collected seasonally between 2010 and 2012, off all the islands surveyed, between 90 m and 339 m depth. Since 97.4% of the catches (447 specimens) were made with SFST, this species is confirmed as benthopelagic. Furthermore it is a more abundant species than suspected before by González et al. (2010), due to the fact that those authors have used mostly BT. Up to the present, this species seems to be geographically restricted to Angola ( Anderson and Tweddle, 2002) and the Cape Verde Islands ( González et al., 2010). Due to its relative abundance, size, and flesh quality, it will eventually be a species of some commercial interest and caught, as a by-catch, in the trap fishery for striped soldier shrimp Plesionika edwardsii (Brandt, 1851) around the Cape Verde Islands.