Couch's Sea Bream

distribution

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Atlantic. Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 17 August 2009); Med. (LC: 13 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, HAB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Medium priority for conservation action.

The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status

description

Common names on the specimen (Portuguese / Tupi): None (see Comments).

The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens

discussion

Comments: Sixty-seven herborized specimens of Scarus are listed in the Ajuda’s inventory (Ferreira 1794), and two specimens of Scarus pagrus are mentioned in the transference document to the University of Coimbra, possibly the two extant specimens examined here. A description of this species is present in the Ichthyologia Fluminensis. In one of the specimens (MCUC ZOO. 0000042), the Portuguese name was written beyond the margin on the bottom left corner, and it was painted over with blue ink. However, it is possible to see that the name below the ink is “ Pargo ”, a name still used to refer to this species. Pagrus pagrus occurs in the Western Atlantic from New York (USA) to Argentina (Carpenter 2002 d) and in the Eastern Atlantic from Scotland to Morrocos and Mediterranean Sea (Carpenter & Angelis 2016).

The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens

materials_examined

Extant specimens: MCUC ZOO. 0000021 (Fig. 64 a) and MCUC ZOO. 0000042 (Fig. 64 b). Classification on the specimen: “ P. Th. Sparus pagrus ” (MCUC ZOO. 0000042).

The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens