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Atlantic Fanfish
Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes, 1833
Also calledAbanico del Atlántico (spa)
First described in: Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.].
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
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There are records of the species P. carolinus off the Azores, in the PECS area (90 NM northwest of the Hyeres Seamount and 44 NM west of the Oceanographer Fracture Zone), MCZ, No. 76279, 30.6166 º W, 31.8333 º N, 5 Sep. 1973; MCZ, No. 76284, 35.9016 º W, 35.0283 º N, 25 Aug. 1984.
Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf
Where it has been recorded
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Pteraclis carolinus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2369538.