Validating the presence of Spanish Flag, Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier, 1828) (Perciformes, Serranidae), from the south-western Gulf of Mexico

By

Del Moral Flores, Luis Fernando
López-Segovia, Eduardo
Escartín-Alpizar, Viridiana R.
Jimenez Badillo, Maria de Lourdes

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-9-21

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1299--1303

Subjects

Chernas , Epinephelinidae , Grouper , range extension , species distribution

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.5.1299

 

Abstract

We report the presence of Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier, 1828) in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Four specimens (198–224 mm standard length) were caught at two locations south of Veracruz. These records increases the number of species in the family Serranidae for Mexico to 113. We include morphometry and meristic data of our specimens.