Check List 17(5): 1299-1303, doi: 10.15560/17.5.1299
Validating the presence of Spanish Flag, Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier, 1828) (Perciformes, Serranidae), from the south-western Gulf of Mexico
Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores‡, Eduardo López-Segovia§, Viridiana R. Escartín-Alpizar§, María de Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo|‡ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Mexico§ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico| Universidad Veracruzana, Boca del Río, Mexico
Corresponding author: Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores ( delmoralfer@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Hudson Tercio Pinheiro © Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores, Eduardo López-Segovia, Viridiana R. Escartín-Alpizar, María de Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Del Moral-Flores LF, López-Segovia E, Escartín-Alpizar VR, Jiménez-Badillo ML (2021) Validating the presence of Spanish Flag, Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier, 1828) (Perciformes, Serranidae), from the south-western Gulf of Mexico. Check List 17(5): 1299-1303. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.5.1299 |  |
Abstract
We report the presence of Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier, 1828) in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Four specimens (198–224 mm standard length) were caught at two locations south of Veracruz. These records increases the number of species in the family Serranidae for Mexico to 113. We include morphometry and meristic data of our specimens.
Keywords
Chernas, Epinephelinidae, grouper, range extension, species distribution