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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Edwards, A J
• Glass, C W

Titel

The fishes of Saint Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. 2. The pelagic fishes

Ist Teil von

• Journal of natural history, 1987-11, Vol.21 (6), p.1367-1394

Erscheinungsjahr

1987

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The pelagic fishes of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean (15 degree 58'S 5 degree 43'W) are reviewed. A checklist of 53 taxa of pelagic fishes, with notes on fisheries significance, ecology and geographical distribution, is presented. Twelve of the taxa have not before been recorded at St. Helena. Of particular interest are records of three primarily Indo-Pacific species: Decapterus maruadsi, Uraspis helvola and Scomberomorus commerson . Apart from U. helvola , which is known also from Ascension Island, these species are not otherwise recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. The principal pelagic species caught by St. Helena fisheries are Katsuwonus pelamis, Thunnus albacares, T. obesus, T. alalunga, Scomber japonicus, Acanthocybium solandri and Pseudocaranx dentex , which together accounted for almost 95% of fish landings in 1982-1983 fiscal year.