Liparis montagui (Donovan, 1804)

Iglésias, Samuel P., Bariche, Michel, Beau, Florent, Bérenger, Lucas, Beucher, Renaud, Chabrolle, Antoine, Cottalorda, Jean-Michel, Cousin, Bertrand, Curd, Amelia, Danet, Valentin, Duhamel, Erwan, Duval, Audrey, Farque, Pierre-André, Goascoz, Nicolas, Jadaud, Angélique, Larnaud, Pascal, Bouter, Mathieu Le, Bras, Yvan Le, Bris, Sylvain Le, Lombard, Laurent, Louisy, Patrick, Mandine, Alain, Mas, Lise, Menut, Thomas, Metral, Luisa, Poussard, Pierre, Quéro, Jean-Claude, Raybaud, Virginie, Renoult, Julien P., Richard, Thomas, Spitz, Jérôme, Ternon, Quentin, Thiriet, Pierre & Tournier-Broer, Ruben, 2021, French ichthyological records for 2019, Cybium 45 (3), pp. 169-188 : 175

Liparis montagui (Donovan, 1804)

A Montagu’s seasnail, Liparidae ( Fig. 4F ), was observed and photographed by the beachgoers Charlotte Francesiaz and J.P. Renoult on 10 Jan 2019, at L’Herbaudière, Noir- moutier (47.0189°N, 2.3035°W), in a tide pool. It measured roughly 3 cm TL. The present individual represents the fifth record of the species south of the Loire River estuary. The species was previously recorded once in 1927, twice in 1975 off Gironde estuary ( Cuenot, 1927; Cazaux et al., 1975; Chapoulie, 1975) and once again on 10 Sep 2008, off Charente Maritime at 46.2333°N, 1.4333°W ( Quéro et al., 2009). Scarcity of records could be mostly related to its cryptic habitat and small size making its observations rare. The species is commonly observed inside the hollow holdfast of the seaweed Saccorhiza polyschides Batters, 1902 in Brittany at 0-10 m depth.

Figures

Figure 4. – Significant French ichthyological records for 2019 (continued). A: Holocentrus adscensionis, ~20 cm TL, Aug 2019 (© L. Lombard); B: Nerophis lumbriciformis, ~10 cm TL, 26 Jan 2019; the black arrow indicates the head of the individual (© L. Bérenger); C: Scorpaena scrofa, 345 mm TL, 6-12 May 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0143 (© S.P. Iglésias); D: Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei, 150 mm TL, 26 Oct 2019 (© S.P. Iglésias); E: Eutelichthys leptochirus, 63 mm TL, 30 May 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0144 (© L. Metral); F: Liparis montagui, ~3 cm TL, 10 Jan 2019 (© J.P. Renoult); G: Mycteroperca rubra, ~20 cm TL, 25 Jul 2019 (© F. Beau); H: Serranus cabrilla, ~25 cm TL, 11 Oct 2019 (© F. Bernard).