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Two derbios, Trachinotus ovatus, on display at the municipal fish market, Mercado dos Lavradores, in central Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. File No. 27-511 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
I photographed this pomfret, Taractes asper, in the Municipal fish market, Mercado dos Lavradores, in central Funchal, Madeira. This species, which an FAO publication calls 'flathead pomfret' and the Collins Pocket Guide to Fish of Britain & Europe calls 'rough pomfret', has a shorter pectoral fin (less than 36% of standard length) than Taractes rubescens. The first few anal fin rays are also much longer than the same rays in Taractes rubescens. Taractes asper also doesn't posses the raised ridge of scales on the caudal peduncle. File No. 31-511 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The black scabbardfish, Aphanopus carbo, is almost synonymous with Madeiran cuisine. It is a deep water fish providing one of Madeira's biggest catches. The meat is delicious. It is one of the tastiest fish I have eaten. The black scabbardfish has an impressive array of long, dagger-like teeth. This image was taken at the Funchal Fish auction in the harbour. File No. 34-512 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
nesiarchus nasutus Madeira 30-513 smg
This pomfret, Taractes rubescens, which some FAO publications call a knifetail pomfret, has a raised ridge of scales on the caudal peduncle. It also has a long pectoral fin (longer than 36% of standard length), which separates it from the similar rough pomfret, Taractes asper. The fishermen were landing mainly espada, Aphanopus carbo. They had also caught a few pomfret and a large escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum. They were very friendly. They allowed me on their boat to photograph the fish they were off-loading early in the morning to the fish auction in the harbour, Funchal, Madeira. I enjoy visiting the Funchal fish auction in the harbour because of the deep sea fish that one sees. File No. 19-514 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Unless you SCUBA dive the best place to see the wide variety of fish caught in Madeiran waters is to visit the Municipal fish market in Funchal or visit the concrete harbour wall at the small coastal town of Ribeira Brava on Madeira's south coast. Here you will usually find recreational fishermen who land a wide variety of species from sharks to sea bream, jacks and even trumpetfish. This guelly jack, Pseudocaranx dentex, was one of the many species landed by recreational fishermen on the harbour wall at Ribeira Brava. File No. 30-518 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A saddled bream, Oblada melanura, caught off the concrete harbour wall of Ribeira Brava on Madeira's south coast to the west of Madeira's capital, Funchal. This fish was captured recreationally. I wasn't able to examine the teeth of this fish so I based identification on the number of lateral line scales. The saddled bream has 64 to 67 lateral line scales to the caudal base whereas the annular bream, which also has a dark band on the caudal peduncle, has only 48 to 56 lateral line scales to the caudal base. This fish has the required number of lateral line scales to be a saddled bream. File No. 31-517 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Funchal fish auction Madeira 33-514 smg
gilthead sea bream facility north coast Madeira 33-516 smg
Two derbios, Trachinotus ovatus, on display at the municipal fish market, Mercado dos Lavradores, in central Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
File No. 27-511
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
Two derbios, Trachinotus ovatus, on display at the municipal fish market, Mercado dos Lavradores, in central Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. File No. 27-511 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Two derbios, Trachinotus ovatus, on display at the municipal fish market, Mercado dos Lavradores, in central Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
File No. 27-511
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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