Biodiversity Data Journal 9: 62812 'e @) doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e62812 open access Data Paper Updated checklist of Azores Actinopterygii (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes) Luis M. D. Barcelos?§, José M. N. Azevedoll, Jodo Pedro Barreirost§ + Universidade dos Agores, Angra do Heroismo, Portugal § ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental, Angra do Heroismo, Portugal | University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal {| ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental, Ponta Delgada, Portugal Corresponding author: Luis M. D. Barcelos (Idbarcelos@gmail.com) Academic editor: Felipe Ottoni Received: 05 Jan 2021 | Accepted: 17 Feb 2021 | Published: 11 Mar 2021 Citation: Barcelos LMD, Azevedo JMN, Barreiros JP (2021) Updated checklist of Azores Actinopterygii (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes). Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e62812. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e62812 Abstract Background Since the first published comprehensive checklist of Azorean fishes - covering the whole Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) region - several new records have been published and an updated checklist published in 2010. This new dataset covers all confirmed species of actinopterygians for the Azorean EEZ. New information In this update, we made corrections to the previous checklists, updated the taxonomy according to the most recent bibliography and added two new species to the Azorean Actinopterygii checklist. Keywords checklist, fin fishes, new records, regional inventory, taxonomic update © Barcelos L et al. 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. 2 Barcelos L et al Introduction There are over 16,000 fish species distributed by 85 orders and 536 families (Nelson et al. (2016). The Actinopterygii, commonly known as ray-finned fishes, are the largest group of living fishes. Although this group is well studied, it is still possible to discover new species or report new records for some areas. Based on the previous list (Porteiro et al. 2010), we provide here an updated taxonomic Classification following Fricke et al. (2021) and species records, by adding new records (Barreiros et al. 2014, Ribeiro et al. 2017, Barros-Garcia et al. 2018), resulting in this checklist, already online on GBIF (Barcelos et al. 2020). This information can also be found in Suppl. material 1. General description Purpose: Updating Azorean biota checklists. Project description Title: Azores Actinopterygii - updated checklist Personnel: Luis Barcelos, Jose Azevedo, Jodo Barreiros Study area description: Azores Archipelago Funding: Funding Institutions: Azores PO 2020 - ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072; TOTAL BUDGET: €299,901.83, EU Support: €254,916.56. This project was financed by FEDER in 85% and by Azorean Public funds by 15% through the Operational Programme Azores 2020. This work is also funded by FEDER funds through the COMPETE 2020 Programme and National Funds through FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the Research Infrastructure PORBIOTA - Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity, project number POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127. Geographic coverage Description: Azores EEZ (Economic Exclusive Zone) limits. Coordinates: 34 and 42.976 Latitude; -35.578 and -21 Longitude. Taxonomic coverage Description: The dataset covers all the ray-finned fishes so far known to occur within the Azores' EEZ. Here, we present a list to the family taxonomic level. For each species and other information, see the Supplementary file. Updated checklist of Azores Actinopterygii (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes) Taxa included: Rank kingdom phylum class order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order order Scientific Name Animalia Chordata Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Pleuronectiformes Gobiesociformes Perciformes Scorpaeniformes Syngnathiformes Zeiformes Beryciformes Cetomimiformes Stephanoberyciformes Beloniformes Atheriniformes Mugiliformes Lophiiformes Ophidiiformes Gadiformes Polymixiiformes Lampridiformes Myctophiformes Aulopiformes Stomiiformes Osmeriformes Clupeiformes Saccopharyngiformes Anguilliformes Notacanthiformes Common Name Animals Ray-finned fishes Puffers and filefishes Flatfishes Clingfishes Perch-likes Scorpionfishes and flatheads Pipefishes and seahorses Dories Sawbellies Whalefishes ricklefishes, bigscales and gibberfishes Needle fishes Silversides Mullets Anglerfishes Cusk eels Cods Beardfishes Velifers, tube-eyes and ribbonfishes Lanternfishes Grinners Lightfishes and dragonfishes Smelts Herrings Swallowers and gulpers Eels and morays Halosaurs and deep-sea spiny eels Elopiformes Molidae Diodontidae Tetraodontidae Ostraciidae Monacanthidae Balistidae Cynoglossidae Bothidae Scophthalmidae Gobiesocidae Caproidae Tetragonuridae Nomeidae Centrolophidae Istiophoridae Xiphiidae Scombridae Trichiuridae Gempylidae Sphyraenidae Scombrolabracidae Luvaridae Gobiidae Callionymidae Blenniidae Tripterygiidae Trachinidae Ammodytidae Chiasmodontidae Zoarcidae Barcelos L et al Tarpons and tenpounders Updated checklist of Azores Actinopterygii (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes) family Scaridae family Labridae family Pomacentridae family Chaetodontidae family Kyphosidae family Mullidae family Sparidae family Haemulidae family Lobotidae family Caristiidae family Lutjanidae family Bramidae family Carangidae family Echeneidae family Coryphaenidae family Pomatomidae family Epigonidae family Apogonidae family Priacanthidae family Callanthiidae family Serranidae family Epinephelidae family Polyprionidae family Howellidae family Triglidae family Sebastidae family Setarchidae family Scorpaenidae family Dactylopteridae family Centriscidae family Fistulariidae Syngnathidae Zeidae Grammicolepididae Parazenidae Oreosomatidae Berycidae Trachichthyidae Diretmidae Anoplogastridae Rondeletiidae Stephanoberycidae Melamphaidae Scomberesocidae Belonidae Exocoetidae Atherinidae Mugilidae Linophrynidae Ceratiidae Oneirodidae Himantolophidae Melanocetidae Caulophrynidae Chaunacidae Antennariidae Lophiidae Bythitidae Ophidiidae Carapidae Lotidae Gadidae Barcelos L et al Updated checklist of Azores Actinopterygii (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes) family Phycidae family Melanonidae family Moridae family Macrouridae family Polymixiidae family Regalecidae family Stylephoridae family Trachipteridae family Radiicephalidae family Lampridae family Myctophidae family Neoscopelidae family Bathysauridae family Paralepididae family Anotopteridae family Omosudidae family Alepisauridae family Evermannellidae family Scopelarchidae family lpnopidae family Notosudidae family Chlorophthalmidae family Synodontidae family Aulopidae family Stomiidae family Phosichthyidae family Sternoptychidae family Gonostomatidae family Alepocephalidae family Platytroctidae family Microstomatidae 8 Barcelos L et al family Bathylagidae family Opisthoproctidae family Clupeidae family Eurypharyngidae family Saccopharyngidae family Cyematidae family Serrivomeridae family Nettastomatidae family Congridae family Nemichthyidae family Derichthyidae family Ophichthidae family Synaphobranchidae family Muraenidae family Chlopsidae family Anguillidae family Notacanthidae family Halosauridae family Megalopidae Usage licence Usage licence: Creative Commons Public Domain Waiver (CC-Zero) IP rights notes: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 Licence. Data resources Data package title: Azores Actinopterygii updated checklist Resource link: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=actinopterygii_ azores checklist_vs1 2019&Vv=1.5 Alternative identifiers: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=actinopterygii_ azores checklist vs1 2019 Updated checklist of Azores Actinopterygii (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes) 9 Number of data sets: 1 Data set name: Azores Actinopterygii updated checklist Data format: Darwin Core Description: Since the first published comprehensive checklist of Azorean fishes - covering the whole EEZ region - (Santos et al. 1997), several new records have been published and an updated checklist published (Porteiro et al. 2010). This new dataset covers all confirmed species of bony fish for the Azorean EEZ (Barcelos et al. 2020). Column label ID Taxon|ID parentNameUsagelD scientificName parentNameUsage kingdom phylum class order family genus specific epithet taxon rank scientific Name Authorship Author contributions Column description sequential ID Taxon ID ID of the parental name usage Scientific Name Parent Name Usage kingdom phylum class order family genus specific epithet taxon rank Scientific Name Authorship LMDB, JMNA and JPB published the updated checklist in GBIF IPT - Portugal and built the framework. LMDB developed this paper and uploaded all the files into the Arphahub platform. All authors read and edited the submitted version and agreed on its present version. 10 Barcelos L et al References ° Barcelos L, Azevedo J, Barreiros JP (2020) Azores Actinopterygii updated checklist. 1.2. Universidade dos Acores via GBIF.org. Release date: 2020-11-18. 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Arquipelago-Life and Marine Sciences (Suppl 1)1-268. Supplementary material Suppl. material 1: AZores' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) actinopterygians species list - supplementary information EZ] Authors: Barcelos, LMDB; Azevedo, JMV; Barreiros, JP Data type: occurrence details, taxonomic remarks, IUCN status Download file (58.62 kb)