Christiansen, BerndVieira, RPChristiansen, SabineDenda, AnnekeOliveira, FredericoGonçalves, J. M. S.2017-01-172017-01-172014AUT: JGO02808;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8947An inventory of benthic and benthopelagic fishes is presented as a result of two exploratory surveys around Ampe`re Seamount, between Madeira and the Portuguese mainland, covering water depths from 60 to 4,400 m. A total of 239 fishes were collected using different types of sampling gear. Three chondrichthyan species and 31 teleosts in 21 families were identified. The collections showed a vertical zonation with little overlap, but indications for an affinity of species to certain water masses were only vague. Although most of the species present new records for Ampe`re Seamount, all of them have been known for the NE Atlantic; endemic species were not found. The comparison with fish communities at other NE Atlantic seamounts indicates that despite a high ichthyofaunal similarity, which supports the ‘‘stepping stone’’ hypothesis of species dispersal, some differences can be attributed to the local features of the seamounts.engDeep seaFish distributionIchthyofaunaSeamountsZoogeographyjournal article10.1007/s10152-014-0413-4