Updated checklist of Azores Actinopterygii (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes)

Luís M D Barcelos; José M N Azevedo; João Pedro Barreiros

doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e62812

Updated checklist of Azores Actinopterygii (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes)

Biodivers Data J. 2021 Mar 11:9:e62812. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e62812. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Luís M D Barcelos^{1

2}, José M N Azevedo^{3

4}, João Pedro Barreiros^{2

1}

Affiliations

¹ Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal Universidade dos Açores Angra do Heroísmo Portugal.
² ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Angra do Heroísmo Portugal.
³ University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal University of the Azores Ponta Delgada Portugal.
⁴ ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental, Ponta Delgada, Portugal ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Ponta Delgada Portugal.

Abstract

Background: Since the first published comprehensive checklist of Azorean fishes - covering the whole Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) region - several new records have been published and an updated checklist published in 2010. This new dataset covers all confirmed species of actinopterygians for the Azorean EEZ.

New information: In this update, we made corrections to the previous checklists, updated the taxonomy according to the most recent bibliography and added two new species to the Azorean Actinopterygii checklist.

Keywords: checklist; fin fishes; new records; regional inventory; taxonomic update.

Luís M. D. Barcelos, José M. N. Azevedo, João Pedro Barreiros.

Grants and funding

Azores PO 2020 - ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072 TOTAL BUDGET: 299. 901,83€ EU Support: 254. 916, 56€ This project was financed by FEDER in 85% and by Azorean Public funds by 15% through Operational Program Azores 2020. This work is also funded by FEDER funds through the COMPETE 2020 Programme and National Funds through FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the Research Infrastructure PORBIOTA - Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity, project number POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127.