First occurrence of the lined seahorse Hippocampus erectus in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
A seahorse specimen from Banco Açores (Azores Archipelago) was identified using morphological and molecular genetic data as Hippocampus erectus. This specimen represents the first record of H. erectus in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, well outside its reported range, and may provide evidence of long-distance translocation in what are assumed to be relatively sedentary fish.
Woodall
L C
LC
School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK. l.c.woodall@rhul.ac.uk
Koldewey
H J
HJ
Santos
S V
SV
Shaw
P W
PW
D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D019901:Locus Control Region / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D045303:Cytochromes b