New Zealand trumpeter re-discovered in Patagonian fjords after more than 100 years

14 SPIXIANA 39 1 14 München, September 2016 ISSN 0341-8391 Scientific note New Zealand trumpeter re-discovered in Patagonian fjords after more than 100 years (Perciformes, Latridae) Pablo Reyes*, Verena Häussermann** & Günter Försterra** * Pablo Reyes, Fundación Ictiológica, Av. Pedro de Valdivia 2086, Of. 406, Providencia, Santiago, Chile ** Verena Häussermann & Günter Försterra, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaíso, Avda. Brasil 2950, Valparaíso, Chile; and Huinay Scientific Field Station, Chile; e-mail: [email protected] (corresponding author) Latris lineata (Forster, 1801), a typical coastal fish from New Zealand, was described by Delfín (1901) from two sites in Chilean Patagonia, Puerto Otway (46°49' S, 75°18' W) and Baker Channel (48°00' S, 73°46' W). Pequeño (1989) referred to Delfín (1901) and included the species in the list of Chilean fish species. Since no records of the New Zealand Trumpeter existed for more than 100 years for the southeastern Pacific, Roberts (2003) concluded that the presence of this species in Chile was questionable. Waessle & Milessi (2013) reported its presence from the Atlantic side of South America (Mar del Plata, Argentina: 38°08' S 57°15' W), where a male individual (65 cm length, 2.8 kg weight) had been caught. As part of the expeditions organized by the Huinay Scientific Field Station with the aim inventory the benthic species and communities of the Chilean fjord region (see e. g. Häussermann & Försterra 2009), a specimen of L. lineata was photographed at a depth of 23 m at Isla Waller (46°45.885' S, 75°13.873' W), Golfo Tres Montes. The species was determined sensu Paul (2000). This represents the first documented record of this species for more than 100 years for the southeastern Pacific, and rejects Roberts’ (2003) suggestion that the presence of the species in Chile is questionable. Acknowledgements. Funding was provided through Fondecyt project nr 1131039 to VH and 1150843 to GF. This is publication nr 139 of Huinay Scientific Field Station. References Delfín, F. 1901. Existencia del Latris hecatehia en aguas chilenas. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 5: 241. Häussermann, V. & Försterra, G. 2009 (eds). Marine benthic fauna of Chilean Patagonia. 1000 pp., Puerto Montt (Nature in Focus). Paul, L. 2000. New Zealand fishes: identification, natural history & fisheries. Revised edition, 253 pp., Auckland (Reed Publishing (NZ) Limited). Pequeño, G. 1989. Peces de Chile. Lista sistemática revisada y comentada. Revista de Biología Marina, Valparaíso 24 (2): 1-132. Roberts, C. 2003. A new species of trumpeter (Teleostei; Percomorpha; Latridae) from the central South Pacific Ocean, with a taxonomic review of the striped trumpeter Latris lineata. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33 (4): 731-754. Waessle, J. A. & Milessi, A. C. 2013. First record of Latris lineata (Forster, 1801) in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 3646 (1): 97-99. Fig. 1. Latris lineata (Forster, 1801), New Zealand or Striped trumpeter; photo: V. Häussermann.