An- Updated List of the Fishes q1 British Columbia, and Those of<~; I Interest in Adjacent Waters, , with Numeric Code Designations !G. E. Gillespie Biological Sciences Branch Department of Fisheries and Oceans Pacific Biological Station Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 5K6 1993 Canadian Technical Report of Fishe and uatic Sciences 1918 · Canadian Teclmical Report of Fisheries and Aqllatic Sciellces Technical reports contain scientific and technical information that contributes to existing knowledge but which is not normally appropriate for primary literature. Technical reports are directed primarily toward a worldwide audience and have an international distribution. No restriction is placed on subject matter and the series reflects the broad interests and policies of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, namefy, fisheries and aquatic sciences. Technical reports may be cited as full publications. The correct citation appears above the abstract of each report. 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An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest from adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p. On page 8, immediately following the entry for Bathyraja abyssicola, please insert: *Bathyraja aleutica (Gilbert, 1895) 052 Aleutian skate Allen and Smith (1988) considered the Aleutian skate to be an Aleutian/Bering Sea species, and commented that it was likely confused with other species in reports from trawling investigations in those areas. The systematics and taxonomy of skates in the north Pacific is confused, and such the distribution of these fish is, at times, poorly understood. The Aleutian skate may occur considerably south of its recorded range, and possibly in northern Canadian waters. I include it as a hypothetical species. Specimens not fitting descriptions of species known from British Columbia should be retained for further study. On page 75, please insert in proper numeric sequence: o 5 2 BATHYRAJA ALEUTICA/ALEUTIAN SKATE On page 31, immediately following the entry for Oneirodes thompsoni, please insert the following: Family Ceratiidae - seadevils / poissons-p@cheurs 215 Ceratias holboelli Kr6yer, 1844 217 northern seadevil / p@cheur a deux massettes (marine) I have a record of a single female specimen taken in deep water off clayoquot Sound in January of 1993. This specimen resides at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, and represents the first record of the species and family in British Columbia waters. On page 77 please insert, in proper numeric sequence: 2 1 5 CERATIIDAE (FAMILY)/SEADEVILS and 2 1 7 CERATIAS HOLBOELLI/NORTHERN SEADEVIL Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1918 1993 AN UPDATED LIST OF THE FISHES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND THOSE OF INTEREST IN ADJACENT WATERS, WITH NUMERIC CODE DESIGNATIONS by G.E. Gillespie Biological Sciences Branch Department of Fisheries and Oceans Pacif"ic Biological Station Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 5K6 - ii - (c) Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1993 Cat. No. Fs 97-6/1918E ISSN 0706-6457 Correct citation for this publication: Gillespie, G. E. 1993. An updated list of the fishes of British Co1ubmia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p. - iii - ABSTRACT Gillespie, G. E. 1993. An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p. I have updated and corrected a previous list, based on McPhail and Lindsey (1970) and Hart (1973), of freshwater, marine and euryhaline fishes of British Columbia, Canada. This list was constructed in 1980 as a reference file on the computer system at the Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Many species have been recorded from British Columbian waters for the first time, and numerous taxonomic changes have taken place, since the construction of the list. This manuscript provides documentation of the changes which have occurred, and assigns three-digit codes to all species, and to other useful taxonomic units, for use in databases at the Pacific Biological Station. Species accorded special status (Vulnerable, Rare, Threatened or Endangered) are noted. A list of species not recorded from British Columbia waters, but which have been encountered during high seas research from the Pacific Biological station, is also included. iv - RESUME Gillespie, G. E. 1993. An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p. Mise a jour et correction d'une liste anterieure de poissons de la Colombie-Britannique fondee sur les repertoires de poissons d'eau douce et sa1ee et de poissons euryhalins de la Co1ombie-Britannique dresses par McPhail and Lindsey (1970) et Hart (1973). La liste, etablie en 1980, avait ete constituee en base de donnees dans le systeme informatique de la Station biologique du Pacifique, a Nanaimo (C.-B.). Oepuis l'etablissement de cette liste, nombre de d'especes des eaux de la Colombie-Britannique ont ete repertoriees pour la premiere fois et il y a eu de nombreux changements d'information taxonomique. Le document renferme de l'information sur les changementsapportes et toutes les especes ainsi que d'autres unites taxonomiques jugees utiles y sont identifiees au moyen d'un code a trois caracteres utile qui pourra servir dans les bases de donnees de laStation biologique de Pacifique. Les cas particuliers (especes vulnerables, rares et menacees d'extinction) sont indigues. Le document renferme egalement une liste d'especes non consignees pour les eaux de la Colombie-Britannique qui ont ete observees lors des recherches de la Station en haute mer. - v - TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 Methods 2 Results 3 Acknowledgements 3 Part 1. Fishes of British Columbia waters 4 Order Myxiniformes . ~ . 4 Family Myxinidae - hagfishes 4 Order Petromyzontiformes .. 4 Family Petromyzontidae - lampreys 4 Order Hexanchiforrnes . 5 Family Hexanchidae - cow sharks 5 Order Lamniformes . ~ . 5 Family Lamnidae - mackerel sharks 5 Family Cetorhinidae - basking sharks 6 Family. Alopiidae - thresher sharks 6 Order Carchariniformes . 6 Family Scyliorhinidae - cat sharks 6 Family Triakidae - houndsharks 6 Family Carcharhinidae - requiem sharks 7 Order Squaliformes . 7 Family Squalidae - dogfish sharks 7 Order Torpediniformes .. ..... 7 Family Torpedinidae - electric rays 7 Order Rajiformes .... 8 Family Rajidae - skates 8 Order Mylobatiformes 9 Family Dasyatidae - stingrays 9 Order Chimaeriformes . 9 Family Chimaeridae - short nose chimaeras 9 Order Acipenseriformes . 9 Family Acipenseridae - sturgeons 9 Order Osteoglossiformes . 10 Family Hiodontidae - mooneyes 10 Order Notacanthiformes . 10 Family Notacanthidae