Anthias anthias (Linnaeus, 1758)

González-Lorenzo, J. Gustavo, González-Jiménez, José F. & González, José A., 2021, Review of the family Serranidae (Perciformes) from the Canary Islands (eastern-central Atlantic), with the first records of Serranus hepatus and Epinephelus aeneus, Cybium 45 (2), pp. 141-154 : 145

Anthias anthias (Linnaeus, 1758)

– Swallowtail seaperch

Serranus anthias : Valenciennes, 1842: 8 (L).

Anthias sacer : Steindachner, 1865: 399 (T), 1867: 608- 609 (T), 1891: 355 (GC, T); Vinciguerra, 1890: 469 (GC), 1893: 303 (GC, T).

Anthias anthias : Fowler, 1936: 774-776 (GC, L, T); Dooley et al., 1985: 16 (T, L, GC); Pizarro, 1985: 170 (F); Brito, 1991: 94, 111 (C); González-Jiménez et al., 1994: 86-87 (C); Franquet and Brito, 1995: 93 (C); Brito et al., 2002: 215, 229 (C); Báez et al., 2019: suppl. tab. (C); Freitas et al., 2019: suppl. tab. S3 (C).

An eastern Atlantic warm-temperate species, also known from the Mediterranean and, in the East Atlantic, from Galicia ( Bañón et al., 2020) and Portugal to Morocco ( Collignon, 1973 – frequent) and southwards to Angola and northern Namibia, including the Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, Canary and Cabo Verde Islands ( Heemstra and Anderson, 2016; Freitas et al., 2019; Froese and Pauly, 2020).

It is a common species native to the Canary Islands, inhabiting from 30 to 300 m depth ( Brito et al., 2002). Reported maximum size: to 25 cm SL; common to 13 cm SL. Spanish vernacular names: fula amarilla; andoriña. It is part of the bycatch in the domestic small-scale commercial and recreational fishing, rarely commercialized or seen in fish markets.