First scuba diving observations of Pomadasys incisus (Haemulidae) from the French Catalan coast

摘要

This note records the first observation, in scuba diving, of bastard grunts, Pomadasys incisus (Bowdich, 1825), on the French Catalan coast. A total of 62 fishes have been counted (one in November 2005, 18 in July 2006 and 43 in August 2006), between 14 and 18 metres deep, in a water at a temperature between 18 and 20 degrees C. These observations have been made on artificial reefs submerged in October 2004. We did not observe this species in any other area of the coast.