An updated reef fish checklist of the southernmost Caribbean reef system, with comments on the lionfish invasion
Chocó-Darien is an important biogeographic realm, as it is a terrestrial biodiversity hotspot and the southern limit of the Caribbean reefs. However, to date there are no compiled data on the reef fish assemblage of this region. We provide an updated checklist of marine fishes from the Chocó-Darien...
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doaj-998572ba2d9e408a8722f4a15cdbe4e12021-07-01T17:02:47ZengInstituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von HumboldtBiota Colombiana0124-53762539-200X2021-07-01222708710.21068/c2021.v22n02a04701An updated reef fish checklist of the southernmost Caribbean reef system, with comments on the lionfish invasionCamilo Escobar-Sierra0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9105-4378Viviana Márquez Velázquez1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1205-7720Rafael Menezes2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2378-3805Ricardo Souza Rosa3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4289-2241Alejandro Loaiza-Santana4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2608-8218Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.Laboratório de Ictiologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brasil. Fundación Colombiana para la Investigación y Conservación de Tiburones y Rayas, SQUALUS. Cali, Colombia.Laboratório de Ictiologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.Grupo de Ictiología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.Chocó-Darien is an important biogeographic realm, as it is a terrestrial biodiversity hotspot and the southern limit of the Caribbean reefs. However, to date there are no compiled data on the reef fish assemblage of this region. We provide an updated checklist of marine fishes from the Chocó-Darien reef system (Colombia), with comments on their geographic distribution and conservation status. Peer-reviewed studies, unpublished data and in situ visual censuses were surveyed to compose this checklist. A total of 212 reef fish species across 57 families were compiled, eight of which had no previously published records, one of which (Trachinotus falcatus) is recorded for the first time. The most speciose families were Labridae (n = 21), Gobiidae (n = 18) and Serranidae (n = 17). Fourteen threatened species were recorded, including one critically endangered (Epinephelus striatus) and two endangered (Balistes vetula and Scarus coelestinus). This study contributes to fill the knowledge gaps on the reef fish diversity of the Caribbean southern limit and raises concern on the spread of the lionfish invasion into the Chocó-Darién reef system.http://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/904atlanticbiodiversitychocó-dariénneotropicpterois volitans |
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Camilo Escobar-Sierra Viviana Márquez Velázquez Rafael Menezes Ricardo Souza Rosa Alejandro Loaiza-Santana An updated reef fish checklist of the southernmost Caribbean reef system, with comments on the lionfish invasion Biota Colombiana atlantic biodiversity chocó-darién neotropic pterois volitans |
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Camilo Escobar-Sierra Viviana Márquez Velázquez Rafael Menezes Ricardo Souza Rosa Alejandro Loaiza-Santana |
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An updated reef fish checklist of the southernmost Caribbean reef system, with comments on the lionfish invasion |
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An updated reef fish checklist of the southernmost Caribbean reef system, with comments on the lionfish invasion |
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An updated reef fish checklist of the southernmost Caribbean reef system, with comments on the lionfish invasion |
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An updated reef fish checklist of the southernmost Caribbean reef system, with comments on the lionfish invasion |
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An updated reef fish checklist of the southernmost Caribbean reef system, with comments on the lionfish invasion |
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updated reef fish checklist of the southernmost caribbean reef system, with comments on the lionfish invasion |
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Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt |
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Biota Colombiana |
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0124-5376 2539-200X |
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Chocó-Darien is an important biogeographic realm, as it is a terrestrial biodiversity hotspot and the southern limit of the Caribbean reefs. However, to date there are no compiled data on the reef fish assemblage of this region. We provide an updated checklist of marine fishes from the Chocó-Darien reef system (Colombia), with comments on their geographic distribution and conservation status. Peer-reviewed studies, unpublished data and in situ visual censuses were surveyed to compose this checklist. A total of 212 reef fish species across 57 families were compiled, eight of which had no previously published records, one of which (Trachinotus falcatus) is recorded for the first time. The most speciose families were Labridae (n = 21), Gobiidae (n = 18) and Serranidae (n = 17). Fourteen threatened species were recorded, including one critically endangered (Epinephelus striatus) and two endangered (Balistes vetula and Scarus coelestinus). This study contributes to fill the knowledge gaps on the reef fish diversity of the Caribbean southern limit and raises concern on the spread of the lionfish invasion into the Chocó-Darién reef system. |
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atlantic biodiversity chocó-darién neotropic pterois volitans |
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