Synapturichthys kleinii (Risso, 1827)

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 : 183

Synapturichthys kleinii (Risso, 1827)

A Klein’s sole, Soleidae ( Fig. 9A ), was observed and photographed on 10 Aug 2019 by J.P. Renoult and T. Menut at Plage des Elmes (42.4878°N, 3.1298°E, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Mediterranean Sea), at 6 m depth. The individual, ca. 20 cm TL, was observed on coarse sand ( Menut et al., 2020). A second individual ( Fig. 9B ) was observed and photographed on 27 Oct 2019 by S. Le Bris while scuba diving in the Saména cove at Marseille (43.2296°N, 5.3476°E), at 12 m depth. The individual, ca. 20 cm TL, was observed on coarse sand and Posidonia debris ( Le Bris et al., 2019h). This species is uncommonly recorded in French waters.

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Figure 9. – Significant French ichthyological records for 2019 (continued). A: Synapturichthys kleinii, ~20 cm TL, 10 Aug 2019 (© J.P. Renoult); B: S. kleinii, ~20 cm TL, 27 Oct 2019 (© S. Le Bris); C: Lagocephalus lagocephalus, ~30 cm TL, 15 Aug 2019 (© J.P. Brenneisen); D: L. lagocephalus, 23 Aug 2019 (© A. Le Breton); E: L. lagocephalus, ~34 cm TL, 22 Aug 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0156 (© S.P. Iglésias); F: Mola mola, 595 mm TL, 25 Oct 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0157 (© S.P. Iglésias).