PRELIMINARY LIST OF CHILEAN FISHES AND THEIR 

 VERNACULAR NAMES 



By Fernando de Buen 



FAO Fisheries Expert 



Technical Assistance Program, Chile 



The author has devoted six months, as an FAO Fisheries expert, 

 surveying fishery potentiaHties along the Chilean coast. While this 

 survey has been concentrated on commercially important species, during 

 the trips made aboard fishing boats, a number of interesting species 

 were caught and identified. 



In this preliminary note some changes have been introduced re- 

 garding the nomenclature and taxonomic status of the species recorded 

 in Chilean waters. This matter will be discussed in the author's final 

 report to FAO. 



On the basis of the existent recording literature and of my personal 

 observations, a list has been compiled including all the species of fish, 

 sensu latu, known to be resident in Chilean fresh water and coastal 

 waters, and also those migrants that seasonally approach the littoral of 

 the mainland, the off shore waters and the distant islands. The names 

 marked with an asterisk refer to species identified by the writer. 



For the sake of simplification the following notations are used: 

 N., C, and S. indicate respectively Northern, Central and Southern 



Sections of Chile. 

 JF refers to Juan Fernandez Island. 

 SFA to San Felix and San Ambrosio Islands. 

 P to the Easter Island (Isla de Pascua). 



I MORDACIIDAE 



1. Geotria australis Gray Lamprea, lamprea de bolsa. 



(C.S.) 

 II EPTARETIDAE 



2. Polistotrema polytrema (Girard) (C.S.) 



3. Polistotrema decatrevia (Hegan) (C.S.) 



III MYXINIDAE 



4. Myxine tridentiger Garman (C.S.) 



5. Myxine affinis Giinther (S.) 



IV HEXANCHIDAE 



6. Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre) Tiburon. (C.S.) 



7. Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre) Tiburon. (C.) 



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