Ocurrence of the Torroto Grunt, Genyatremus cavifrons (Cuvier, 1830) (Actinopterygii: Haemulidae) In The Cananry Islands (Eastern Atlantic Ocean)
- F. Espino 1
- B. Ramírez 1
- A. Brito 2
- 1 Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. España
- 2 Departamento de Biología Animal y Edafología y Geología. Universidad de La Laguna. España
ISSN: 1130-4723
Ano de publicación: 2015
Título do exemplar: Biología
Volume: 27
Número: 1
Páxinas: 91-97
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias: = Folia Canariensis Academiae Scientiarum
Resumo
One specimen of the Torroto grunt, Genyatremus cavifrons (Cuvier, 1830), was caught at the southeastern coast of Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands, northeastern At- lantic ocean. This is a Western Atlantic species, distributed in the southern Lesser Antilles and northern coast of South America, from eastern Colombia to Brazil. The most plausi- ble hypothesis to explain this occurrence is the introduction through shipping, particularly of oil rigs.