Capture of Grammicolepis brachiusculus Poey, 1873 (Grammicolepididae) off the Canary Islands

Abstract

Morphometric and meristic characteristics, as well as estimations of fecundity, of two ripe females of Grammicolepis brachiusculus (Grammicolepididae) caught off the Canary Islands are reported. This is the first record of this species for the Canary Islands and its third finding in the North-Eastern Atlantic.

Keywords

• grammicolepididae
• grammicolepis brachiusculus
• north-eastern atlantic
• canary islands
• occurrence