First report of the hapuku wreckfish Polyprion oxygeneios (Polyprionidae) in Argentinian waters

• Milessi, Andrés C. ; De Wysiecki, Agustín M. ^[1] ; Carvalho Filho, Alfredo ; Wiff, Rodrigo
  1. [1] Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

     Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

     Argentina

     
• Localización: Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, ISSN-e 0718-560X, ISSN 0716-1069, Vol. 49, Nº. 2, 2021, págs. 354-358
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The hapuku wreckfish Polyprion oxygeneios is recorded for the first time in Argentinian waters. Four specimens were caught off Mar del Plata (38°S, Argentina) in depths between 60 and 260 m during austral summer (three by sport fishers and one in a research cruise). Up to the present, this species was consistently misidentified with its congener, the common wreckfish P. americanus, off Argentina. These records represent a connection between previous records from Brazil and the more austral circumglobal distribution of the species.