BERYCIFORMES

Mucientes, Gonzalo & Arronte, Juan Carlos, 2010, Marine fishes from Galicia (NW Spain): an updated checklist, Zootaxa 2667, pp. 1-27 : 13

ORDER BERYCIFORMES

Family Trachichthyidae

* Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 — Mediterranean slimehead Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889 — Orange roughy Hoplostethus cadenati Quéro, 1974 — Black slimehead

Family Diretmidae

Diretmichthys parini (Post & Quéro, 1981) — Parin's spiny fin

Recorded for Galicia based on one unreported specimen caught by the pair-trawl ”Bautista Pino-Nuevo Socio” (Celeiro) on 2006, at the western of Estaca de Bares Cap (Arronte, unpublished data). Recorded again in 2010 in the Galician Bank, confirming its presence in Galician waters.

Diretmus argenteus Johnson, 1864 — Silver spinyfin

Family Anoplogasteridae

Anoplogaster cornuta (Valenciennes, 1833) — Common fangtooth

Family Berycidae

* Beryx splendens Lowe, 1834 — Splendid alfonsino * Beryx decadactylus Cuvier, 1829 — Beryx