Apparently contradictory routes in the expansion of two fish species in the Eastern Atlantic. Issue 4 (2nd March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bañón, Rafael; de Carlos, Alejandro; Alonso‐Fernández, Alexandre; Ramos, Fernando; Baldó, Francisco
• Is Part Of: Journal of fish biology. Volume 96:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 1051
• Page End: 1054
• Publication Date: 2020-03-02
• Subjects: Clupea harengus -- distribution -- Epinephelus aeneus -- first record -- Iberian Peninsula -- shift range; Fishes -- Periodicals; Fishes -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 597
• DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14290
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1112

Abstract

Abstract: One specimen of the boreal Clupea harengus (Clupeidae) was caught southerly, in the Gulf of Cádiz (southern Spain), whereas a specimen of the subtropical Epinephelus aeneus (Serranidae) was caught northerly, in Galician waters (north‐west of Spain). These catches represent a new southernmost record in the eastern Atlantic for C. harengus and the second northernmost for E. aeneus . The co‐occurrence of warm and cold affinity fishes in temperate latitudes is unusual, but the existence of anomalies in the temperature of the Atlantic waters could be behind these findings.