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First record of Kentrocapros rosapinto (Tetraodontiformes: Ostraciidae) from Vema Seamount (south-east Atlantic)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2003

A. Armesto
Affiliation:
Asociación Científica de Biología Marina ‘Augamar’, Avda. Fragoso 93 – 5° Izda., 36210 Vigo, Spain.
R. Bañón
Affiliation:
Asociación Científica de Biología Marina ‘Augamar’, Avda. Fragoso 93 – 5° Izda., 36210 Vigo, Spain.
D. Garabana
Affiliation:
Asociación Científica de Biología Marina ‘Augamar’, Avda. Fragoso 93 – 5° Izda., 36210 Vigo, Spain.
P. Durán
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Aptdo. 1552, 36208 Vigo, Spain
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Abstract

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The capture of a specimen of Kentrocapros rosapinto at Vema Seamount in the south-east Atlantic Ocean is reported as the first record of this species in the Atlantic Ocean. This species was previously known only from the western Indian Ocean.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom