Visual observations of fish at the Whale Ridge (Atlantic Ocean) from the Sever-2 manned underwater vehicle

Autor: N. V. Parin, N. P. Pakhorukov
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Ichthyology. 52:579-591
ISSN: 1555-6425
0032-9452
DOI: 10.1134/s0032945212050050
Popis: Research trawling surveys and visual observations aboard manned underwater vehicles carried out at Whale Ridge revealed 116 species of bottom, near-bottom, over-bottom, and over-bottom-pelagic fish of 46 families. The data on the distribution, number, and behavior, along with some data on biology of the mass fish species, are given in the present paper. The following species prevail by number and biomass: splendid alfonsino Beryx splendens; boarfish Pseudopentaceros richardsoni; redbait Emmelichthys nitidus; flintperch Hoplostethus atlanticus; Helicolenus mouchezi; and fish of families Gempylidae, Oreosomatidae, Macrouridae, Moridae, Alepocephalidae, etc. All these species are subject to fisheries but the boarfish and alfonsino are most commercially important.
Databáze: OpenAIRE