Diversity and biogeography of fishes in the Arinaga-Gando area, east coast of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)

  1. Fernando Espino 1
  2. A Boyra 2
  3. C. Fernández 1
  4. Fernando Tuya Cortés 1
  5. Alberto Miguel Brito Hernández 3
  6. J. A. González
  1. 1 Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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    Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01teme464

  2. 2 Oceanográfica: Divulgación, Educación y Ciencia (ESP)
  3. 3 Universidad de La Laguna
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    Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristobal de La Laguna, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01r9z8p25

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Journal:
Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias: = Folia Canariensis Academiae Scientiarum

ISSN: 1130-4723

Year of publication: 2014

Volume: 26

Issue: 1

Pages: 9-25

Type: Article

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Abstract

A check-list of fishes regularly present in waters of the Gando-Arinaga area, in the East coast of Gran Canaria, is presented herein. This inventory includes 175 species, 22 of which were of chondrichthyans (belonging to 19 genera and 13 families), and 153 were of actinopterygiians (121 genera and 60 families); 77.15% of the species have stable populations in the area and 61.15% have commercial interest. The zoogeographic analysis showed a dominance of the Atlantic-Mediterranean distribution species (26%), followed by the Warmtemperate in the Eastern Atlantic distribution species (16%), while Eastern Central Atlantic Oceanic Islands (9%), Guinean (8%) and Macaronesian (4%) species showed smaller values, but they were representative of the general biogeographic pattern of the canarian ichthyofauna. This work pointed the presence of warm affinity fish species in the area, like it occurs in other areas of the Canary Islands. This coastal area hosts a high diversity of fish species, which could be explained by a variety of complex habitats, its geographic location and oceanographic conditions. This area meets the conservation criteria for the establishment of a marine protected area. Diversity and biogeography of fishes in the Arinaga-Gando area, east coast of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)

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