Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801)

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 : 178

Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801)

A Meagre, Sciaenidae ( Fig. 5G ), was spearfished on 17 Aug 2019 by Mr Vincent Ravel off Île Verte and Raguénez (ca. 47.769°N, 3.798°W, Névez, Finistère), at about 10 m depth ( Dembele, 2019). The catch was filmed ( Ravel, 2019). The specimen measured 155 cm TL and may have weighed 30-35 kg. Its head has been prepared for the fisher by the taxidermist Bernard Bourles ( Gentric, 2019). Recorded by S.P. Iglésias. Previously, on 14 Aug 2017, a Meagre of 155 cm, estimated to weigh about 25-35 kg, was spearfished by Mr Godefroy Arnaud off Groix Island (Brittany, northern Bay of Biscay) ( Anonymous, 2017). Another individual 150 cm long, 32 kg was spearfished on 27 Aug 2016 by Mr Emmanuel Prigent at a hundred meters off the rocks of Saint-Guénolé at Penmarc’h (47.818°N, 4.385°W, Finistère), at 10-12 m depth ( Anonymous, 2016). Meagre captures are nowadays uncommon in Brittany and the capture of large individuals is exceptional, whereas the species was considered locally “quite common” in the early 20 th century ( Fabre-Domergue, 1902; Guérin-Ganivet, 1912; Burban, 2019). Its rarefaction may reflect the vulnerability of this large species to overfishing.

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Figure 5. – Significant French ichthyological records for 2019 (continued). A: Remora remora, ~45 cm TL, 09 Sep 2019 (© P. Malejacq); B: Caranx crysos, 422 mm TL, 13 Sep 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0145 (© S.P. Iglésias); C: Naucrates ductor, ~30-35 cm TL, 09 Sep 2019, reversed image (© P. Malejacq); D: Trachurus picturatus, 182 mm TL, 23 Oct 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0146 (© S.P. Iglésias); E: Seriola rivoliana, ~45 cm TL, 24 Aug 2019 (© L. Alexandre); F: Seriola rivoliana, 45 cm TL, 13 Sep 2019 (© R. Beucher); G: Argyrosomus regius, 155 cm TL, 17 Aug 2019 (© V. Ravel); H: Parablennius pilicornis, ~8 cm TL, 09 Sep 2019 (© P. Thiriet).