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2. First record of the Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) in the Mediterranean Sea: is it a new aquarium release?
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Giovos, Ioannis, Tiralongo, Francesco, Langeneck, Joachim, Kaminas, Alexander, Kleitou, Periklis, Crocetta, Fabio, and Doumpas, Nikos
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AQUARIUMS ,CITIZEN science ,INTRODUCED species ,SEAS ,BIOLOGICAL invasions - Abstract
The Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) belongs to the family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859 and is a widely distributed species in the Western Atlantic. In this work we present the record of a single specimen of C. faber captured by a professional fisher in Argosaronikos Gulf, Greece. The present sighting, reported through the citizen science project "Is it Alien to you? Share it!!!", constitutes the first record of this species in the Mediterranean Sea. Given the distance from the Strait of Gibraltar and the absence of any report from western Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic countries, we argue that the specimen is likely to have been released from an aquarium hobbyist. With this record, a total of 27 alien fish species have been likely introduced in the Mediterranean through this pathway, all after year 2000. An increasing trend has been observed and we urge national authorities and relevant stakeholders for their cooperation on increasing the awareness of aquarium trade industry, while we also highlight the effectiveness of citizen science as an early warning system for alien species in the Mediterranean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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3. Stock structure of Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber from Southwest Atlantic Ocean inferred from otolith elemental and shape signatures.
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Soeth, Marcelo, Spach, Henry Louis, Daros, Felippe Alexandre, Adelir-Alves, Johnatas, de Almeida, Ana Claudia Oliveria, and Correia, Alberto Teodorico
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OTOLITHS , *FISHERY management , *SUSTAINABILITY , *DATA analysis - Abstract
Highlights • Otolith elemental and shape signatures are useful tools for C. faber stock discrimination in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. • Connectivity of C. faber adults is limited between 20 °S and 22 °S in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. • The presence of semi-discrete groups spatially structured between 23 °S and 27 °S was found. • Local populations should be regarded as different stocks for fisheries management purposes. Abstract The Atlantic spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber, is an economically important species along the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, especially in the southeastern-south Brazil. Despite this, knowledge about stock structure is scarce and, at present, is no formal management strategy to ensure the long-term sustainability of the C. faber fishery in Brazil. In order to understand the stock structure of C. faber in the Southwest Atlantic, a total of 100 individuals ranging from 30 to 40 cm total length were collected from the five main fishery regions of Brazil [Espírito Santo (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP), Paraná (PR), and Santa Catarina (SC)], between December 2015 and March 2016. The shape outline of each otolith was assessed using Elliptic Fourier descriptors (EFD). Multi-Elemental signatures (MES) of whole otoliths were obtained using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Data were analyzed through uni- and multivariate statistics. Canonical analysis of principal coordinates indicated that spatial differences were mainly driven by Sr/Ca ratios, Ba/Ca ratios and EFD 14. Combining data from both techniques (EFD and MES), the leave-one-out classification re-assigned individuals to their region of origin with an accuracy of 100% (ES), 85% (RJ), 80% (SP), 85% (PR), and 65% (SC). The hereby results indicate that the connectivity between the local population of C. faber in the ES region (20 °S) with the southern populations (>22 °S) is limited; moreover, data suggest the presence of spatially structured semi-discrete groups between 23 °S and 27 °S. Despite the possibility of intermixing C. faber populations in the Brazilian Southwest Atlantic coast, local populations should be regarded as different stocks for fisheries management purposes. However, at present, the degree of intermixing and the contribution that each local population receive from distant recruitment sources is unknown and demands further studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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4. Age, growth, and reproductive biology of the Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber in southern Brazil.
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Soeth, Marcelo, Fávaro, Luis Fernando, Spach, Henry Louis, Daros, Felippe Alexandre, Woltrich, Ana Emília, and Correia, Alberto Teodorico
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FISH age determination , *FISH growth , *EPHIPPIDAE , *DIMORPHISM (Biology) - Abstract
This is the first study to investigate the age, growth and reproductive biology of the Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber in southern Brazil. A total of 625 individuals [total length (TL) ranging from 7 mm to 510 mm] were sampled at the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex (PEC) and adjacent coastal areas over a year (August 2015 to July 2016). Age estimation based on sagittal otolith cross section showed that C. faber has a 17-year longevity close to its southern distributional limit, two times greater than previously reported from the North Atlantic Ocean. Sexual growth dimorphism was not evident as the male:female sex ratio was 1:1.17. The species displayed asymptotic growth. Fitted von Bertalanffy growth function estimates for all individuals were L∞ = 508.81 mm, k = 0.22 year−1, and t0 = -0.05 year. The histological gonadal examination and gonado-somatic index indicated that C. faber is a batch spawner with a main reproduction period from October to January in subtropical latitudes at 25°S. Postovulatory follicles were often recorded in the ovaries of spawning capable individuals indicating a high frequency of spawns over the reproductive period. The data also suggest that estuaries are important reproductive areas for this species that most likely exhibits a seasonal movement for spawning aggregation purposes. Females mature approximately 0.5 years later than males and are capable of spawning just prior to two years old. Fishery closures during the spawning season and fishing size restrictions should be used to manage the C. faber stock in southern Brazil. The effects of current harvest levels are unknown and warrant further investigation to assist management decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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5. Temporal and spatial variations in the metazoan parasite communities of the Panama spadefish, Parapsettus panamensis (Pisces: Ephippidae), from the Pacific coast of Mexico.
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Villalba‐Vasquez, Princessa J., Violante‐González, Juan, Monks, Scott, Marino‐Romero, Jaime U., Ibáñez, Sergio García, Rojas‐Herrera, Agustín A., Flores‐Garza, Rafael, and Rosas‐Guerrero, Víctor
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EPHIPPIDAE , *SPATIAL variation - Abstract
In the tropics, variations in the structure and species composition of marine fish parasite communities over several years have received limited attention. Changes in water temperature in the tropics are not as extreme as in temperate climes, and the processes that generate variations in these parasite communities are as yet unclear. The parasite communities in populations of Parapsettus panamensis from four locations on the south‐central Pacific coast of Mexico were quantified and analyzed. Four hundred forty‐six fish were collected over a 6‐year period (2012; 2013; 2016a,b; and 2017). Twenty‐three metazoan parasite species were recovered and identified: three species of Monogenea (present as adults); eight species of Digenea (adults); one species of Acanthocephala (juveniles); one species of Cestoda (larvae); three species of Nematoda (two present as adults and one present as larvae); four species of Copepoda; and three species of Isopoda (two present as adults, and one present as larvae). At the component community level, parasite species richness varied significantly from 10 (Marquelia 2016) to 17 species (Acapulco Bay 2012). The component communities and infracommunities of P. panamensis exhibited a similar pattern: low species numbers, low diversity, and dominance by a single parasite species. Parasite community structure and species composition varied between sampling years and locations. The main factors responsible for these variations were host traits such as feeding behavior and body size, and occurrence of a set of distinctive parasite species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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6. Internal structure of Daphnia ephippium as an adaptation to dispersion.
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Bernatowicz, Piotr, Radzikowski, Jacek, Paterczyk, Bohdan, Bebas, Piotr, and Slusarczyk, Miroslaw
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DAPHNIA ,DISPERSION (Chemistry) ,EPHIPPIDAE ,POLYHEDRA ,HONEYCOMB structures - Abstract
Abstract We compared the internal structure and considered the potential functions of the ephippial walls of several species of Daphniidae. We found that the walls of ephippia in Daphniidae are composed of three interconnected layers of different structure. The external and internal layers, which are relatively solid, are covered by cell-like multiple polyhedron compartments formed by the middle layer. The three layers, which resemble a honeycomb structure, may offer mechanical protection for dormant eggs on one hand and may facilitate passive dispersal of ephippia containing diapausing eggs on the other. The cell-like compartments within the wall may be filled with air that makes them buoyant and may facilitate their passive dispersal within or between water bodies by animate or inanimate vectors operating on the water surface. We found significant structural differences between the ephippia of representatives from the subgenus Daphnia vs Ctenodaphnia. In the first group (in Daphnia pulex and Daphnia longispina) the middle layer is formed from empty cells readily filled with air even after brief contact with the atmosphere while in Ctenodaphnia such as Daphnia magna and Daphnia lumholtzi the middle layer of the ephippium cells are filled with filaments which hardly absorb atmospheric air. Structural differences between the two groups may reflect both their phylogenetic divergence and their various dispersal strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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7. Abundance and Distribution of Reef-Associated Fishes Around Small Oil and Gas Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico’s Hypoxic Zone.
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Reeves, David B., Chesney, Edward J., Munnelly, Ryan T., Baltz, Donald M., and Marx, Brian D.
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ARTIFICIAL reefs ,HYPOXEMIA ,OFFSHORE gas well drilling ,EPHIPPIDAE ,GRAY snapper - Abstract
Oil and gas platforms (platforms) provide high-relief habitat in the northern Gulf of Mexico’s hypoxic zone that are important to associated fishes. Hypoxia develops near the bottom and reef-associated fishes utilize vertical structure in the well-oxygenated waters overlaying hypoxia. A video array was used to profile the water column and to estimate abundances and depth distributions of fishes before, during, and after summer hypoxia at platforms experiencing intense (seaward) and mild hypoxia (shoal). Gray snapper abundance increased at shoal platforms (10× greater after vs. before the hypoxia season), while abundance remained stable at seaward platforms. However, there was no significant relationship between gray snapper abundance and oxygen concentrations. Sheepshead, Atlantic spadefish, blue runner, and Atlantic bumper abundances varied throughout the summer, but there was no significant effect of hypoxia. Occupation of bottom waters by fishes was consistent throughout the study period at shoal platforms, but fishes were rarely observed in the bottom 3 m and congregated in the water immediately above the hypoxic layer when hypoxia was present at seaward platforms. Nevertheless, patterns of fish abundances were not driven by the presence or absence of hypoxia. The vertical dimension of platforms is a unique and key aspect of their ecological value, especially in the hypoxic zone, and should be considered for artificial reef management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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8. Molecular and thermal characteristics of acid-soluble collagen from orbicular batfish: effects of deep-sea water culturing.
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SUN Pan, BONNIE, EN Chen, HOA, and Sung, WEN CHIEH
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COLLAGEN , *EPHIPPIDAE , *MOLECULAR structure , *THERMAL properties , *DENATURATION of proteins - Abstract
Acid-soluble collagen (ASC) was extracted from the skin and meat of orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis) cultured in deep-sea water (DSW) and shallow-sea water (SSW). The fish cultured in deep-sea water contained higher collagen content (42.14 mg/g) in meat than that cultured in shallow-sea water (33.67 mg/g) (p<0.05). The yield of ASC was 35.72% (dry weight basis) from the skin of DSW cultured fish being higher than that of the SSW cultured fish (25.9%). The collagen of the orbicular batfish cultured in DSW showed higher water-holding capacity and lower thermal denaturation temperature than those from SSW. Orbicular batfish collagens constituted α1-chain, α2-chain and β-chain were characterized as type I collagen. The collagen helices of DSW-cultured orbicular batfish were less stable than those of SSW-cultured orbicular batfish, due to the lower imino acid content. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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9. Population genetic structure and demographic history of the spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber (Ephippidae) from Southwestern Atlantic.
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Machado, Leonardo Francisco, Damasceno, Junio de Souza, Bertoncini, Áthila Andrade, Tosta, Vander Calmon, Farro, Ana Paula Cazerta, Hostim-Silva, Maurício, and Oliveira, Claudio
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POPULATION genetics , *EPHIPPIDAE , *MITOCHONDRIAL DNA , *CYTOCHROME oxidase , *SPECIES distribution - Abstract
Genetic diversity, population structure and demographic history of Chaetodipterus faber in SW Atlantic were investigated using mitochondrial DNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (620 bp) and D-loop (817 bp) sequences. Individuals were collected in five sampling units (SUs) located in latitudes between 2 °S and 27 °S, southernmost limit of species distribution. The COI sequences from Brazilian sampling units were compared with eight sequences from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, resulting in no significant genetic differences (K2P < 0.32%). On the contrary, pairwise F ST analysis based on D-loop datasets from the five SUs indicated divergence between Tropical and Subtropical clades of SW Atlantic C. faber . The SAMOVA approach was consistent with this divergence and revealed maximal variance among groups (63.59%) when two clades are simulated (k = 2), setting apart Tropical and Subtropical SUs. Demographic analyses support the hypothesis of population expansion, both for Tropical and Subtropical clades. Moreover, Subtropical population size increase was dated after the Tropical clade reached the demographic stability, around 10 kyr ago, during the beginning of interglacial Pleistocene–Holocene transition. The historical demographic results, along with the lower genetic diversity and the star-shaped haplotype network of the Subtropical clade corroborate an ancient scenario of the species' adaptive radiation southward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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10. Effects of local Polynesian plants and algae on growth and expression of two immune-related genes in orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis).
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Reverter, Miriam, Saulnier, Denis, David, Rarahu, Bardon-Albaret, Agnès, Belliard, Corinne, Tapissier-Bontemps, Nathalie, Lecchini, David, and Sasal, Pierre
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FISH growth , *IMMUNOGENETICS , *MEDICINAL plants , *RED algae , *GENE expression in fishes , *FISH farming , *EPHIPPIDAE - Abstract
The emerging orbicular batfish ( Platax orbicularis ) aquaculture is the most important fish aquaculture industry in French Polynesia. However, bacterial infections are causing severe mortality episodes. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find an effective management solution. Besides the supplying difficulty and high costs of veterinary drugs in French Polynesia, batfish aquaculture takes place close to the coral reef, where use of synthetic persistent drugs should be restricted. Medicinal plants and bioactive algae are emerging as a cheaper and more sustainable alternative to chemical drugs. We have studied the effect of local Polynesian plants and the local opportunistic algae Asparagopsis taxiformis on batfish when orally administered. Weight gain and expression of two immune-related genes (lysozyme g – Lys G and transforming growth factor beta - TGF-β1) were studied to analyze immunostimulant activity of plants on P. orbicularis . Results showed that several plants increased Lys G and TGF-β1 expression on orbicular batfish after 2 and 3 weeks of oral administration. A. taxiformis was the plant displaying the most promising results, promoting a weight gain of 24% after 3 weeks of oral administration and significantly increasing the relative amount of both Lys G and TGF-β1 transcripts in kidney and spleen of P. orbicularis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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11. Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
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Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W., and Maslenikov, Katherine P.
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Sarcoscyphaceae ,Atheriniformes ,Diodontidae ,Fistulariidae ,Introduced species ,Cephalaspidomorphi ,Gasterosteiformes ,Mugiliformes ,Hexanchidae ,Zaproridae ,Giganturidae ,Fundulidae ,Melanonidae ,Cetorhinidae ,Carangidae ,Pholidae ,Polypodiopsida ,Syngnathidae ,Clinidae ,Lobotidae ,Cetomimidae ,Bathysauridae ,Lythraceae ,Notosudidae ,Cryptacanthodidae ,Lampridae ,Gadidae ,Centriscidae ,Euphorbiaceae ,Callionymidae ,Opistognathidae ,Cichlidae ,Heterodontiformes ,Gempylidae ,Colocongridae ,Achiridae ,Torpedinidae ,Zeidae ,Cyematidae ,Moronidae ,Beryciformes ,Petromyzontiformes ,Centrophrynidae ,Istiophoridae ,Labrisomidae ,Ginglymostomatidae ,Agonidae ,Rhinopristiformes ,Acipenseridae ,Beloniformes ,Opisthoproctidae ,Scorpaeniformes ,Derichthyidae ,Zanclidae ,Ascomycota ,Petromyzontidae ,Cyclopteridae ,Dactyloscopidae ,Microdesmidae ,Syngnathiformes ,Pomacentridae ,Monacanthidae ,Holocentridae ,Engraulidae ,Squatiniformes ,Pristidae ,Aulopiformes ,Hexanchiformes ,Notacanthiformes ,Blenniidae ,Lotidae ,Clupeiformes ,Gadiformes ,Heterodontidae ,Ditrichaceae ,Gasterosteidae ,Stylephoridae ,Thaumatichthyidae ,Chiasmodontidae ,Insecta ,Range (biology) ,Congridae ,Scomberesocidae ,Asparagales ,Megachasmidae ,Trichodontidae ,Alepisauridae ,Bathymasteridae ,Cynoglossidae ,Balistidae ,Bregmacerotidae ,Myxiniformes ,Labridae ,Halosauridae ,Nemichthyidae ,Scytalinidae ,Bathylagidae ,Leptochilichthyidae ,Macrouridae ,Rhincodontidae ,Priacanthidae ,Alismatales ,biology ,Lutjanidae ,Myxinidae ,Ammodytidae ,Xiphiidae ,Biodiversity ,Berberidaceae ,Alopiidae ,Monognathidae ,Caulophrynidae ,Stromateidae ,Chaenopsidae ,Narcinidae ,Osmeriformes ,Hexagrammidae ,Nematistiidae ,Eurypharyngidae ,Triakidae ,Gigantactinidae ,Chimaeridae ,Salmonidae ,Acoela ,Arthropoda ,Carcharhinidae ,Dicranales ,Synaphobranchidae ,Polynemidae ,Albuliformes ,Cetomimiformes ,Rajidae ,Trichiuridae ,Somniosidae ,Magnoliopsida ,Sebastidae ,Ophidiidae ,Orobanchaceae ,Diretmidae ,Oplegnathidae ,Polypodiales ,Animals ,Animalia ,Haemulidae ,Rhinochimaeridae ,Saccopharyngiformes ,Cirrhitidae ,Orchidaceae ,Mexico ,Myrtales ,Coryphaenidae ,biology.organism_classification ,Batrachoidiformes ,Cottidae ,Holocephali ,Ostraciidae ,Fishery ,Ophichthidae ,Myliobatiformes ,Tracheophyta ,Cypriniformes ,Chlamydoselachidae ,Myctophidae ,Microstomatidae ,Caristiidae ,Echeneidae ,Trachipteridae ,Gobiidae ,Elasmobranchii ,Aphyonidae ,Rhinobatidae ,Acanthuridae ,Chimaeriformes ,Mullidae ,Ranunculales ,Gymnuridae ,Liliopsida ,Saccopharyngidae ,Pleuronectidae ,Rubiaceae ,Arecaceae ,Oneirodidae ,Scopelarchidae ,Oreosomatidae ,Echinorhinidae ,Myliobatidae ,Cyprinodontiformes ,Poeciliidae ,Chaetodontidae ,Albulidae ,Chaunacidae ,Chordata ,Mitsukurinidae ,Muraenidae ,Plantae ,Barbourisiidae ,Batrachoididae ,Zeiformes ,Tetraodontidae ,Fishes ,Lophiiformes ,Himantolophidae ,Caryophyllales ,Phosichthyidae ,Lamiales ,Synodontidae ,Paralepididae ,Carcharhiniformes ,Argentinidae ,Scorpaenidae ,Serrivomeridae ,Melanocetidae ,Stomiidae ,Echinodermata ,Uranoscopidae ,Dasyatidae ,Pseudocarchariidae ,Torpediniformes ,Sternoptychidae ,Merlucciidae ,Anoplopomatidae ,Ariidae ,Pleuronectiformes ,Cyprinidae ,Polyprionidae ,Psychrolutidae ,Bryophyta ,Stomiiformes ,Xenacoelomorpha ,Gonorynchiformes ,Ipnopidae ,Pezizomycetes ,Evermannellidae ,Lophiidae ,Chanidae ,Araceae ,Aulorhynchidae ,Ophidiiformes ,Oreasteridae ,Myxini ,Sphyrnidae ,Dalatiidae ,Anarhichadidae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Anoplogastridae ,Centropomidae ,Tetraodontiformes ,Nettastomatidae ,Antennariidae ,Chlopsidae ,Lampriformes ,Orectolobiformes ,Aulostomidae ,Bryopsida ,Anguilliformes ,Carapidae ,Perciformes ,Rajiformes ,Notacanthidae ,Moridae ,Atherinopsidae ,Pristigasteridae ,Scombridae ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Valvatida ,Serranidae ,Woodsiaceae ,Arhynchobatidae ,Gobiesociformes ,Hemitripteridae ,Ogcocephalidae ,Triglidae ,Malpighiales ,Bothidae ,Malacanthidae ,Dussumieriidae ,Bythitidae ,Centrolophidae ,Platytroctidae ,Linophrynidae ,Ephippidae ,Pezizales ,Tripterygiidae ,Neoscopelidae ,Curculionidae ,Scyliorhinidae ,Squalidae ,Embiotocidae ,Anotopteridae ,Bramidae ,Anomalopidae ,Lamniformes ,Isodiametridae ,Nomeidae ,Salmoniformes ,Amaranthaceae ,Gonostomatidae ,Acipenseriformes ,Belonidae ,Aulopidae ,Liparidae ,Sphyraenidae ,Coleoptera ,Apogonidae ,Odontaspididae ,Elopidae ,Luvaridae ,Myctophiformes ,Canada ,Howellidae ,Etmopteridae ,Stephanoberyciformes ,Kuhliidae ,Ptilichthyidae ,Sciaenidae ,Eleotridae ,Ceratiidae ,Arecales ,Scaridae ,Asteroidea ,Tetragonuridae ,Gobiesocidae ,Hemiramphidae ,Paralichthyidae ,Elopiformes ,Molidae ,Taxonomy ,Kyphosidae ,Actinopterygii ,Clupeidae ,Exocoetidae ,Fungi ,Squaliformes ,Gerreidae ,Urotrygonidae ,Melamphaidae ,Rhamphocottidae ,Alepocephalidae ,Icosteidae ,Muraenesocidae ,Lamnidae ,Regalecidae ,Pomacanthidae ,Squatinidae ,Mugilidae ,Osmeridae ,Zoarcidae ,Siluriformes ,Gentianales ,Stichaeidae - Abstract
Unidentified opistognathid. Lissner and Dorsey (1986) observed from a manned submersible a jawfish they were unable to identify at Tanner��� Cortes Bank, southern California., Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008, {"references":["Lissner, A. L. & Dorsey, J. H. (1986) Deep-water biological assemblages of a hard-bottom bank-ridge complex of the southern California continental borderland. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 85, 87 - 101."]}
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- 2021
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12. Chaetodipterus zonatus
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Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W., and Maslenikov, Katherine P.
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Actinopterygii ,Animalia ,Biodiversity ,Chaetodipterus ,Chordata ,Chaetodipterus zonatus ,Ephippidae ,Taxonomy ,Perciformes - Abstract
Chaetodipterus zonatus (Girard, 1858). Pacific Spadefish. To 66 cm (26 in) TL (Amezcua Linares 1996). San Diego, southern California (Miller and Lea 1972) to Bah��a de Sechura, Peru (Chirichigno and V��lez 1998), including Gulf of California (Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995). Primarily marine, but will enter slightly brackish waters (Romero-Berny 2018); depth: 1���107 m (3���351 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996)., Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 208, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008, {"references":["Amezcua Linares, F. (1996) Peces Demersales de la Platforma Continental del Pacifico Central de Mexico. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.","Miller, D. J. & Lea, R. N. (1972) Guide to the coastal marine fishes of California. California Department of Fish and Game Fish Bulletin, 157.","Chirichigno, F. N. & Velez D, J. (1998) Clave para identificaticar los peces marinos del Peru (segunda edicion, revisada y actualizada). Instituto de Mar de Peru Publicacion Especial.","Fischer, W., Krupp, F., Schneider, W., Sommer, C., Carpenter, K. E. & Niem, V. H. (1995) Guia FAO para la identificacion para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico centro-oriental. Volume II, Vertebrados, Parte 1. Volume III, Vertebrados, Parte 2. FAO, Rome.","Romero-Berny, E. I., Velazquez-Velaquez, E., Anzueto-Calvo, M. J., Urbina-Trejo, E. & Schmitter-Soto, J. J. (2018) The fish fauna of three lagoon-estuarine systems in the northeastern Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexican south Pacific. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 89, 87 - 100. https: // doi. org / 10.22201 / ib. 20078706 e. 2018.1.1927","Robertson, D. R. & Allen, G. R. (2002) Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific: an information system. CD-ROM. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama."]}
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13. Comparative Allometric Growth of the Mimetic Ephippid Reef Fishes Chaetodipterus faber and Platax orbicularis.
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Barros, Breno, Sakai, Yoichi, Pereira, Pedro H. C., Gasset, Eric, Buchet, Vincent, Maamaatuaiahutapu, Moana, Ready, Jonathan S., Oliveira, Yrlan, Giarrizzo, Tommaso, and Vallinoto, Marcelo
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ALLOMETRY , *EPHIPPIDAE , *ONTOGENY , *REEF fishes , *FISH morphology , *FISH growth , *FISHES - Abstract
Mimesis is a relatively widespread phenomenon among reef fish, but the ontogenetic processes relevant for mimetic associations in fish are still poorly understood. In the present study, the allometric growth of two allopatric leaf-mimetic species of ephippid fishes, Chaetodipterus faber from the Atlantic and Platax orbicularis from the Indo-Pacific, was analyzed using ten morphological variables. The development of fins was considered owing to the importance of these structures for mimetic behaviors during early life stages. Despite the anatomical and behavioral similarities in both juvenile and adult stages, C. faber and P. orbicularis showed distinct patterns of growth. The overall shape of C. faber transforms from a rounded-shape in mimetic juveniles to a lengthened profile in adults, while in P. orbicularis, juveniles present an oblong profile including dorsal and anal fins, with relative fin size diminishing while the overall profile grows rounder in adults. Although the two species are closely-related, the present results suggest that growth patterns in C. faber and P. orbicularis are different, and are probably independent events in ephippids that have resulted from similar selective processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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14. Temporal and spatial variations in the metazoan parasite communities of the Panama spadefish,Parapsettus panamensis(Pisces: Ephippidae), from the Pacific coast of Mexico
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Sergio García Ibáñez, Jaime U. Marino‐Romero, Agustín A. Rojas-Herrera, Scott Monks, Juan Violante-González, Víctor Rosas-Guerrero, Princessa J. Villalba-Vasquez, and Rafael Flores-Garza
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Panama ,biology ,Parapsettus panamensis ,Ecology ,Marine fish ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Ephippidae ,03 medical and health sciences ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Metazoan parasite - Published
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15. Examining evolutionary relationships and shifts in depth preferences in batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae).
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Derouen, Valerie, Ludt, William B., Ho, Hsuan-Ching, and Chakrabarty, Prosanta
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EPHIPPIDAE , *OGCOCEPHALIDAE , *ANGLERFISHES , *OSTEICHTHYES , *SPECIES - Abstract
Batfishes (Ogcocephalidae) are an understudied, group of marine anglerfishes that are dorsoventrally flattened and have an illicium and esca (terminal lure) used to attract prey. The family contains 10 genera and 75 recognized species from nearly all tropical and subtropical seas. Relationships among these taxa, as well as the position of Ogcocephalidae within Lophiiformes, remain poorly understood with previous studies showing conflicting, and poorly resolved results. The timing of divergence and depth of origination in the water column have also not been explored in any detail. In this study a concatenated nuclear (three genes) and mitochondrial (two genes) dataset was constructed across several anglerfish families to elucidate phylogenetic relationships among all ten batfish genera, to clarify the placement of Ogcocephaloidei within Lophiiformes, and to estimate divergence times using fossil calibrations. An ancestral state reconstruction was also conducted to examine the history of shifts in preferred habitat depths within batfishes. Phylogenetic analyses supported monophyly of each sub-order within Lophiiformes and placed Ogcocephaloidei as the sister group to Antennarioidei. Batfish genera were divided into an Eastern Pacific/Western Atlantic clade and an Indo-Pacific clade; Halieutaea was recovered as the sister group to all other batfishes. Based on divergence time estimations and ancestral state reconstructions of preferred depth, Ogcocephalidae is Eocene in age and originated on the lower continental shelf/upper continental slope (disphotic zone). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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16. Description of the unusual digestive tract of Platax orbicularis and the potential impact of Tenacibaculum maritimum infection
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Jean Noel, Denis Coves, Denis Saulnier, Patricia Cucchi, Agnès Bardon-Albaret, Maud Alix, Jehan-Hervé Lignot, Eric Gasset, Nelly Pirot, Valérie Perez, MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation (UMR MARBEC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Ecosystèmes Insulaires Océaniens (UMR 241) (EIO), Université de la Polynésie Française (UPF)-Institut Louis Malardé [Papeete] (ILM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM - U1194 Inserm - UM), CRLCC Val d'Aurelle - Paul Lamarque-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), BioCampus Montpellier (BCM), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [Bolivie]), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Montpellier (UM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Marine Research [Bergen] (IMR), University of Bergen (UiB), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de la Polynésie Française (UPF)-Institut Louis Malardé [Papeete] (ILM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), BioCampus (BCM), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Vidal Ayouba, Isabelle
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Mucous ,Histology ,[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes ,Teleost ,Platax ,Zoology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Marine Biology ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Absorption ,03 medical and health sciences ,Osmoregulation ,Aquaculture ,Immunity ,14. Life underwater ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Gastrointestinal tract ,Tenacibaculosis ,Batfish ,biology ,business.industry ,General Neuroscience ,Flesh ,lcsh:R ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,Mucus ,Ephippidae ,[SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,Digestive system ,[SDE.MCG] Environmental Sciences/Global Changes ,040102 fisheries ,Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,business - Abstract
BackgroundEphippidae fish are characterized by a discoid shape with a very small visceral cavity. Among themPlatax orbicularishas a high economic potential due to its flesh quality and flesh to carcass ratio. Nonetheless, the development of its aquaculture is limited by high mortality rates, especially due toTenacibaculum maritimuminfection, occurring one to three weeks after the transfer of fishes from bio-secure land-based aquaculture system to the lagoon cages for growth. Among the lines of defense against this microbial infection, the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is less studied. The knowledge about the morphofunctional anatomy of this organ inP. orbicularisis still scarce. Therefore, the aims of this study are to characterize the GIT in non-infectedP. orbicularisjuveniles to then investigate the impact ofT. maritimumon this multifunctional organ.MethodsIn the first place, the morpho-anatomy of the GIT in non-infected individuals was characterized using various histological techniques. Then, infected individuals, experimentally challenged byT. maritimumwere analysed and compared to the previously established GIT reference.ResultsThe overlapped shape of the GIT ofP. orbicularisis probably due to its constrained compaction in a narrow visceral cavity. Firstly, the GIT was divided into 10 sections, from the esophagus to the rectum. For each section, the structure of the walls was characterized, with a focus on mucus secretions and the presence of the Na+/K+ATPase pump. An identification key allowing the characterization of the GIT sections usingin totohistology is given. Secondly, individuals challenged withT. maritimumexhibited differences in mucus type and proportion and, modifications in the mucosal and muscle layers. These changes could induce an imbalance in the trade-off between the GIT functions which may be in favour of protection and immunity to the disadvantage of nutrition capacities.
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17. First record of the Atlantic Spadefish chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) in the mediterranean sea: Is it a new aquarium release?
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Nikos Doumpas, Periklis Kleitou, Fabio Crocetta, Francesco Tiralongo, A Kaminas, Ioannis Giovos, and Joachim Langeneck
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Ecology ,biology ,Greece ,Alien species ,Citizen science ,biology.organism_classification ,Ephippidae ,Chaetodipterus faber ,Mediterranean sea ,Geography ,Oceanography ,Aegean Sea ,Biological invasions ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Published
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18. Trophic adaptability of late juvenile Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber (Teleostei: Ephippidae) related to habitat preferences in an estuary in northeastern Brazil.
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Barros, Breno, Sakai, Yoichi, Abrunhosa, Fernando, and Vallinoto, Marcelo
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EPHIPPIDAE , *INFANCY of fishes , *HABITATS , *ESTUARIES , *FISH feeds , *FISH adaptation - Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that the highly flexible feeding repertoire of juvenile Chaetodipterus faber reflects their trophic adaptability by quantifying the feeding behaviour of juveniles in situ, for the first time, in a northeastern Brazilian estuary. The fishes presented a preference for alga-rich habitats, irrespective of the substrate type chosen during feeding bouts. The analysis of stomach contents revealed omnivorous feeding habits, indicating that the ingestion of plant material occurs incidentally during foraging for benthic prey hidden under the alga. Particulate feeding in the water column was often as important as bottom feeding on alga-rich substrates. The results of this study are consistent with those of other ephippid species in different coastal environments, which typically exploit an ample diversity of food items from different substrates. Therefore, the flexibility observed in the feeding behavior of the most ephippid species may be a fundamental determinant of the ecological success of this group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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19. 'Better off alone than in bad company': agonistic colour display in mimetic juveniles of two ephippid species.
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Barros, B., Sakai, Y., Hashimoto, H., Gushima, K., and Vallinoto, M.
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EPHIPPIDAE , *DISPLAY behavior in animals , *COLOR of fish , *EFFECT of environment on fishes , *AGONISTIC behavior in animals , *MIMICRY (Biology) , *PREDATION - Abstract
Comparative field observations of agonistic interactions in juvenile leaf-mimicking Platax orbicularis and Chaetodipterus faber (Ephippidae) were conducted in coastal waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Similar agonistic behaviour was observed in the two species, in which individuals stopped displaying their mimetic colouration during encounters with conspecifics, to display conspicuous colours, such as transverse stripes along the body. These events were observed occasionally, almost invariably in individuals of smaller body size. Larger-bodied individuals of both species spent less time in agonistic displays. The absolute size of the fish, however, did not appear to affect the outcome of the encounter, suggesting that dominance is a temporary condition, based on the relative size of the opponents during encounters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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20. Temperature Affects Growth and Tissue Fatty Acid Composition of Juvenile Atlantic Spadefish.
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Trushenski, Jesse T., Schwarz, Michael H., Bowzer, John C., Gause, Brian R., Fenn, Teresa, and Delbos, Brendan C.
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TEMPERATURE effect ,FISH growth ,FATTY acids ,TISSUES ,EPHIPPIDAE ,AQUACULTURE - Abstract
The Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber holds potential as an aquaculture species, but successful intensive production of this species will depend on the identification of proper husbandry methods, including the use of optimal water temperatures. Accordingly, we evaluated the growth performance and tissue composition of juveniles (37.8 ± 0.5 g [mean ± SE]) reared at 20, 25, or 30°C in indoor recirculation systems (three 100-L tanks per temperature, five fish per tank) for 8 weeks. Weight gain, specific growth rate, feed conversion ratio, and feed intake were significantly affected by water temperature, and increasing temperature yielded greater feed intake and growth rates as well as lower feed conversion values. Although performance observed at 25°C was statistically similar, growth and growth efficiency were nonetheless marginally superior within the 30°C treatment group. Fish exhibited differences in the fatty acid composition of neutral and polar lipid fractions of gill and muscle tissue that were broadly consistent with homeoviscous adaptation to cooler or warmer water temperatures; specifically, increasing proportions of unsaturated and longer-chain fatty acids were observed in fish from cooler water temperatures. This suggests that unsaturates, particularly long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids that are associated with maximum membrane fluidity at cold temperatures, are critical in the diet of Atlantic spadefish depending on culture conditions. Received November 9, 2011; accepted January 18, 2012 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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21. Feeding Rate and Frequency Affect Growth of Juvenile Atlantic Spadefish.
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Trushenski, Jesse, Rombenso, Artur, Schwarz, Michael H., Bowzer, John, Gause, Brian, Delbos, Brendan, and Sampaio, Luis A.
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EPHIPPIDAE ,FISH feeds ,AQUACULTURE ,BODY weight ,LIPIDS ,PROTEINS - Abstract
The Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber is an excellent candidate for aquaculture development, but success will depend on the identification of proper feeds and feeding regimens for this species. Accordingly, we evaluated the growth performance of juvenile Atlantic spadefish (3.60 ± 0.03 g [mean ± SE]) fed at rates of 3, 5, or 7% of body weight (BW) per day, either in a single feeding (1×) or in three equal feedings (3×). Weight gain, specific growth rate, feed conversion ratio, and feed intake were significantly affected by both feeding rate and frequency. Weight gain and the specific growth rate increased significantly with feeding rate, and growth was generally greater and more efficient in the 3× groups than in the 1× groups. Fish fed at higher feeding rates accumulated significantly more lipid within the body and had associated decreases in moisture, protein, and ash content, but carcass composition was unaffected by feeding frequency. We suggest that the growth of juvenile Atlantic spadefish can be optimized when they are fed at 5–7% BW/d in three daily feedings, with 7% BW/d yielding the greatest, albeit slightly less efficient, growth. Received April 11, 2011; accepted May 28, 2011 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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22. Second records of the Lessepsian fish migrants Priacanthus sagittarius and Platax teira and distribution extension of Tylerius spinosissimus in the Mediterranean.
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Golani, Daniel, Sonin, Oren, and Edelist, Dor
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The Red Sea (Lessepsian) migrant fish, the arrow bulleye, Priacanthus sagittarius, and the spotbelly batfish, Platax teira, are recorded for the second time from the Mediterranean, suggesting the establishment of new populations. The record of another Lessepsian migrant, the spiny blaassop, Tylerius spinosissimus from Israel, constitutes a considerable extension of its distribution range in the Mediterranean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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23. Effects of prey density on nocturnal zooplankton predation throughout the ontogeny of juvenile Platax orbicularis (Teleostei: Ephippidae).
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Barros, Breno, Sakai, Yoichi, Hashimoto, Hiroaki, and Gushima, Kenji
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OSTEICHTHYES ,PREDATION ,MARINE zooplankton ,EPHIPPIDAE - Abstract
Juvenile Platax orbicularis switches foraging tactics from diurnal herbivory to nocturnal zooplanktivory within a day. To examine how juvenile fish actively feed on zooplankton prey during nighttime, a field-recorded video analysis was conducted in the reefs off Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan. Juveniles consistently showed fast and sudden attacks that were accurately directed at individual zooplankton prey, and changed feeding frequencies with different prey densities. A negative relationship was observed between feeding frequency and prey density, with higher feeding frequencies occurring at lower prey concentrations, implying a disturbance effect of clouded zooplankton prey on the juvenile fish. A clear transition from a ram-based to a suction-based feeding mode was observed with fish size, suggesting that changes in the feeding behaviors occur even in juveniles fishes, without drastic morphological changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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24. Ephippus Cuvier, 1816, EPHIPPIDAE Gill, 1861, Scatophagus Cuvier, 1831 and SCATOPHAGIDAE Bleeker, 1876 (Osteichthyes): proposed conservation of current usage by designation of Chaetodon orbis Bloch, 1787 as type species of Ephippus.
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Kottelat, Maurice
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The article discusses the proposed conservation of stability in the nomenclature and taxonomy of two families of marine fishes by designating Chaetodon orbis by M. E. Bloch in 1787 as the type species of the genus Ephippus under Articles 65.2.1 and 65.2.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. It claims that the type species of Ephippus is actually C. argus and not C. orbis, and that Chaetodon argus is also the type species of Scatophagus. Ephippus and Scatophagus are claimed to be the type genera of the family-group names Ephippidae and Scatophagidae, respectively, under current usage. It therefore proposes to designate C. orbis as type species of the genus Ephippus to stabilise the current usage.
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25. INBREEDING DEPRESSION VARIES WITH INVESTMENT IN SEX IN A FACULTATIVE PARTHENOGEN.
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Cáceres, Carla E., Hartway, Cynthia, and Paczolt, Kimberly A.
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The reproductive mode of facultative parthenogens allows recessive mutations that accumulate during the asexual phase to be unmasked following sexual reproduction. Longer periods of asexual reproduction should increase the accumulation of deleterious mutations within individuals, reduce population-level genetic diversity via competition and increase the probability of mating among close relatives. Having documented that the investment in sexual reproduction differs among populations and clones of Daphnia pulicaria, we ask if this variation is predictive of the level of inbreeding depression across populations. In four lake populations that vary in sex investment, we raised multiple families (mother, field-produced daughter, laboratory-produced daughter) on high food and estimated the fitness reduction in both sexually produced offspring relative to the maternal genotype. Inbred individuals had lower fitness than their field-produced siblings. The magnitude of fitness reduction in inbred offspring increased as population-level investment in sex decreased. However, there was less of a fitness reduction following sex in the field-produced daughters, suggesting that many field-collected mothers were involved in outcross mating. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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26. Ontogeny of in situ behaviours relevant to dispersal and population connectivity in larvae of coral-reef fishes.
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Leis, Jeffrey M., Hay, Amanda C., and Howarth, Greer J.
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CORAL reef fishes ,ONTOGENY ,FISH larvae dispersal ,LUTJANUS ,EPINEPHELUS ,REEF fishes ,AQUACULTURE ,DEVELOPMENTAL biology ,ANIMAL behavior - Abstract
The article discusses the study on the behavioural ontogeny of coral-reef fishes. It notes that speed, orientation, and vertical distribution of four coral-reef fishes such as Platax teira, Lutjanus malabaricus, Epinephelus coioides, and E. fuscoguttatus from aquaculture farms in Taiwan were measured. Results show that there are significant linear relationships between size and swimming speed in all of the four study species. Furthermore, the study also reveals the behavioural compensation in Platax teira, as well as the strong differences in the behaviour of two Epinephelus species. It concludes that behaviours and development of larval reef fishes affect larval and other reef-fish species' dispersal.
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27. Overcrowding, food and phosphorus limitation effects on ephipphia production and population dynamics in the invasive species Daphnia lumholtzi.
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Smith, Allison, Acharya, Kumud, and Jack, Jeffrey
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EXPERIMENTAL ecology , *POPULATION dynamics , *DAPHNIA , *EPHIPPIDAE , *FOOD quality , *FOOD supply , *DIAPAUSE , *COLONIZATION (Ecology) , *POPULATION biology , *BIOLOGICAL productivity , *INTRODUCED species , *REPRODUCTION - Abstract
Daphnia lumholtzi has been very successful in colonizing North America since its appearance in Texas in 1990. Although previous studies have sought to link its success as an invasive species with various aspects of its population biology, there is little experimental data linking the invasion success of D. lumholtzi with its autecology, specifically its reproduction strategy. In this study we sought to link food quality and quantity to diapause in D. lumholtzi through a variation in phosphorus (P) content of algae, food quantity, and light level. We also assessed the effect of Daphnia peak population densities on reproductive rates and production of resting eggs. We found that when food is abundant, per capita ephippia production may be limited by P, but under food limitation conditions, there is no significant effect of food quality on ephippia production. Our results suggest that a combination of food quality/quantity and population density may work together to induce the production of resting eggs in this invasive species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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28. Feeding behavior of leaf-like juveniles of the round batfish Platax orbicularis (Ephippidae) on reefs of Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan.
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Barros, Breno, Sakai, Yoichi, Hashimoto, Hiroaki, and Gushima, Kenji
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ANIMAL feeding behavior , *FISH behavior , *OGCOCEPHALIDAE , *EPHIPPIDAE , *ALGAE , *HABITATS - Abstract
Feeding behavior of juvenile batfish Platax orbicularis, which presents a mimic state resembling a fallen leaf drifting on the water surface, were surveyed on reefs off Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan. The fish consistently showed drifting swimming patterns on the surface during daylight hours, and fed in a picking–feeding manner on algae covering floating materials or substrates near the water surface. The fish drastically switched to planktivory during the night as they actively hunted free zooplanktonic particles through combined ram and suction feeding manners. Stomach content analysis supported that the fish adopted different feeding tactics, targeting different food items between the two diel periods. Even without an abrupt change of habitat use, due to its mimic state, juveniles of P. orbicularis explore different preys according to their daily activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Population genetic structure and demographic history of the spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber (Ephippidae) from Southwestern Atlantic
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Claudio Oliveira, Maurício Hostim-Silva, Áthila A. Bertoncini, Ana Paula Cazerta Farro, Leonardo F. Machado, Vander Calmon Tosta, Júnio S. Damasceno, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Univ Fed Estado Rio de Janeiro, Pontificia Univ Catolica Minas Gerais, and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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0106 biological sciences ,Genetic diversity ,education.field_of_study ,biology ,Population genetics ,Ecology ,Demographic history ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Population size ,Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I ,Population ,Aquatic Science ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Ephippidae ,SW Atlantic ,COI ,Chaetodipterus faber ,Haplotypes ,Reef fishes ,Genetic structure ,D-loop ,education ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T17:16:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-02-01 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Fundacao de Amparo Pesquisa e Inovacao do Espirito Santo Programa de Pos-graduacao em Biodiversidade Tropical (CEUNES/UFES) Programa de Pos-graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas-Zoologia (IBB/UNESP) Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservacao da Natureza Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Genetic diversity, population structure and demographic history of Chaetodipterus faber in SW Atlantic were investigated using mitochondrial DNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1(620 bp) and D-loop (817 bp) sequences. Individuals were collected in five sampling units (SUs) located in latitudes between 2 degrees S and 27 degrees S, southernmost limit of species distribution. The COI sequences from Brazilian sampling units were compared with eight sequences from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, resulting in no significant genetic differences (K2P < 0.32%). On the contrary, pairwise F-ST analysis based on D-loop datasets from the five SUs indicated divergence between Tropical and Subtropical clades of SW Atlantic C. faber. The SAMOVA approach was consistent with this divergence and revealed maximal variance among groups (63.59%) when two clades are simulated (k = 2), setting apart Tropical and Subtropical SUs. Demographic analyses support the hypothesis of population expansion, both for Tropical and Subtropical clades. Moreover, Subtropical population size increase was dated after the Tropical clade reached the demographic stability, around 10 kyr ago, during the beginning of interglacial Pleistocene Holocene transition. The historical demographic results, along with the lower genetic diversity and the star shaped haplotype network of the Subtropical clade corroborate an ancient scenario of the species' adaptive radiation southward. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Univ Fed Espirito Santo, PPGBT DCAB CEUNES, Rodovia BR 101 Norte,Km 60, BR-29932540 Sao Mateus, ES, Brazil Univ Fed Espirito Santo, PPGOAM DOC CCHN, Base Oceanog UFES, Caixa Postal 2030, BR-29199970 Aracruz, ES, Brazil Univ Fed Estado Rio de Janeiro, LICTA, Av Pasteur 458, BR-22290240 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Pontificia Univ Catolica Minas Gerais, Lab Genet Conservacao, Programa Posgrad Biol Vertebrados, Av Dom Jose Gaspar 500, BR-30535901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Morfol, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Morfol, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil CNPq: CNPq: 350311/2012-9 Fundacao de Amparo Pesquisa e Inovacao do Espirito Santo: FAPES: 54515130/2011 Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservacao da Natureza: SISBIO: 38970-1
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30. Phylogenetic position of the fish genera Lobotes, Datnioides and Hapalogenys, with a reappraisal of acanthuriform composition and relationships based on adult and larval morphology
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Jeffrey M. Leis and Anthony C. Gill
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0106 biological sciences ,Systematics ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Pomacanthidae ,Scatophagidae ,Fishes ,010607 zoology ,Hapalogenys ,Biodiversity ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Ephippidae ,Acanthuridae ,Perciformes ,Cladogram ,Evolutionary biology ,Larva ,Animals ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Phylogeny ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy - Abstract
Lobotes, Datnioides and Hapalogenys are assigned to a newly defined Acanthuriformes on the basis of their pattern of tooth replacement (termed posterolateral tooth replacement), where new teeth form at the posterolateral ends of series. Posterolateral tooth replacement is shown to be a synamorphy of the order. The order is expanded to include Chaetodontidae, Pomacanthidae, Drepaneidae, Ephippidae, Leiognathidae, Antigonia, Scatophagidae and Capros, along with the more traditional members, Siganidae, Luvaridae, Zanclidae and Acanthuridae. Three-item analysis of 63 adult and larval morphological characters yields two optimal trees that differ only in the relative positions of Capros and Siganidae. The intersection tree of the two optimal trees is: (((Hapalogenys (Datnioides, Lobotidae)) (Pomacanthidae (Drepaneidae (Chaetodontidae (Ephippidae (Leiognathidae (Scatophagidae (Antigonia (Siganidae, Capros (Luvaridae (Zanclidae, Acanthuridae)))))))))))). This cladogram is compared with recent phylogenies based on analyses of sequence data, and few differences are found once the weakly-supported interior nodes of the latter are collapsed. Aside from expansion of the Acanthuriformes, the following classification changes are proposed in order to reflect the phylogenetic relationships: redefinition of the Lobotidae to include Lobotes, Datnioides and Hapalogenys; separate families for Antigonia and Capros (Antigoniidae and Caproidae, respectively); continued recognition of Drepaneidae (often considered a synonym of Ephippidae). The larvae of Capros aper are illustrated to show features overlooked in earlier descriptions.
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31. Taxonomy, systematics and phylogenetic status of Faustulidae from corallivorous fishes in the Tropical Indo-west Pacific
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Pablo Elias and Diaz Morales
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Systematics ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,biology ,Genus ,Biogeography ,Zoology ,Species richness ,Coral reef ,Exallias brevis ,biology.organism_classification ,Gobiodon citrinus ,Ephippidae - Abstract
This thesis explores the taxonomy, systematics and phylogenetic status of the family Faustulidae from corallivorous fishes in the Tropical Indo-west Pacific (TIWP). The main study is based on the parasitological examination of 2,901 individual coral reef fishes from six major TIWP localities: Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia; Palau; Lizard Island, Swain Reefs complex and Heron Island (all Queensland); and French Polynesia.Faustulidae are mainly parasites of the intestine of marine teleosts and are characterised by a spiny tegument, a canalicular seminal receptacle and a posterior opening Laurer’s canal. Of the 12 genera that belong to this family, the largest, and the main focus of this study, is Paradiscogaster Yamaguti, 1934. Before this study, Paradiscogaster comprised 24 species distributed in the Indo-west Pacific and infecting 13 families of fish. Of these, corallivorous fishes from the family Chaetodontidae had the largest number of Paradiscogaster species, followed by fishes, with a diverse diet, from Monacanthidae and Ostraciidae.The results from this study are structured first as three taxonomic chapters describing new species from this genus; I described and published six new Paradiscogaster species from Chaetodontidae and Ephippidae, and a further five new species not yet published: two new species corresponding to the Paradiscogaster eniwetokensis complex on the GBR, two from Palau, two from Ningaloo Reef and one from French Polynesia. This is followed by an overall phylogenetic study of the family, a study of trematodes from non-chaetodontid corallivorous fishes from the Great Barrier Reef (including the description of a new species from Fellodistomidae) and finally an account of a search for larval trematodes in coral.For the analysis of the phylogeny of Faustulidae, 28S rDNA sequences were obtained from ten Faustulidae species. These were aligned and analysed relative to other faustulids and species of key families of interest. The complete analysis included sequences for 35 species of Faustulidae, Fellodistomidae, Gymnophallidae, Tandanicolidae, and Zoogonidae (with Hemiuridae as an outgroup) and showed that some Faustulidae and Zoogonidae form a clade, but that relationships within the clade are not well-resolved. More sequences will be required to determine whether Faustulidae should be restructured relative to the Zoogonidae as previously suggested, and also to determine the taxonomic position of three species of Faustulidae, Pseudobacciger cheneyae and two species of Bacciger, which formed a clade quite separate from all other Faustulidae. This chapter also analyses the ITS2 rDNA sequences of the family, incorporating new sequences and published sequences available from GenBank. The genus Paradiscogaster incorporates a clade formed by species that infect corallivorous chaetodontids and another clade from non-chaetodontids.To determine the implications of corallivory on the trematode fauna of non-chaetodontid corallivores, I studied several obligate corallivores that have not been previously sampled, including species of Blenniidae (Exallias brevis), Gobiidae (Gobiodon citrinus), Labridae (Labropsis australis and Labrichthys unilineatus), Monacanthidae (Amanses scopas and Oxymonacanthus longirostris) and Tetraodontidae (Arothron nigropunctatus). No infections of Paradiscogaster species were found but a new species (Fellodistomidae: Prudhoeus) is described from Amanses scopas and Exallias brevis from Heron Island, Queensland. Clearly, exploitation of these corallivores by trematodes has been much less extensive than in the chaetodontids.Many species of chaetodontid fishes reported as obligate corallivores are heavily infected by faustulids, suggesting that the ingestion of the parasites in intermediate stages is through the diet, coral polyps or a symbiont associated with coral polyps. I thus looked for metacercariae in acroporid corals (the most abundant dietary item in obligate corallivores, representing 97–98% of the diet), examining between 4500-9000 coral polyps from 90 fragments, utilizing varied techniques to extract the polyps, but without a positive finding. This outcome means that the transmission mechanisms of these parasites remain unexplained. In terms of biogeography and host-specificity, the results show that the highest known concentration of Faustulidae species is found on the GBR, where the host-specificity is higher than in other localities. The richness of Paradiscogaster species varied among TIWP sites, having the GBR as the richest known area and lower in Palau, New Caledonia, Ningaloo Reef and French Polynesia. However, the host-specificity (specifically of P. sasali) reduced in the extremities partially isolated and remote areas of the TIWP and Paradiscogaster species were found infecting a wide variety of hosts, perhaps increasing the chance of reproduction and dispersion.A better understanding of the life cycles of these parasites, particularly the intermediate host specificity, will contribute to an understanding of the biogeography of these parasites and will contribute to an explanation of why these parasites are not present in all localities in the TIWP, even when appropriate definitive hosts are present.
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32. Platax orbicularis
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Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean, and White, William T.
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Actinopterygii ,Platax ,Animalia ,Biodiversity ,Platax orbicularis ,Chordata ,Ephippidae ,Taxonomy ,Perciformes - Abstract
Platax orbicularis (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775) —Round batfish Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Carteret Harbour, New Ireland as Platax vespertilio by Peters (1877: 836). Specimens observed at Kavieng fish market in 2004–2005 by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey, and by Barry C. Russell on 14 June 2014. A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 22 Apr. 2013, another at St. KVG22 (northeast of Lemus Island, Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouët on 21 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken off Nubilus Island, off southeastern New Hanover, at 3–32 m depth, St. KR 88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 3.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, and Tonga. Introduced into West Atlantic waters off Florida, USA. Found in shallow protected coastal waters to deep, somewhat silty habitats; juveniles occur singly or in small groups among inner sheltered lagoons while adults move out to open waters over sandy areas of deep lagoons, channels, and seaward coral reefs, 1–30 m depth. Transitional water and marine., Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 296, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163, {"references":["Peters, W. C. H. (1877) Ubersicht der wahrend der von 1874 bis 1876 unter der Commando des Hrn. Capitan z. S. Freiherrn von Schleinitz ausgefuhrten Reise S. M. S. Gazelle gesammelten und von der Kaiserlichen Admiralitat der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften ubersandten Fische. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preuss [ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1876, 831 - 854."]}
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33. Platax teira
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Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean, and White, William T.
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Actinopterygii ,Platax teira ,Platax ,Animalia ,Biodiversity ,Chordata ,Ephippidae ,Taxonomy ,Perciformes - Abstract
Platax teira (Forsskål in Niebuhr 1775) —Blunthead batfish, longfin batfish Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell on 21 June 2014. Specimens photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 26 Aug. 2008; others photographed at St. KVG22 (northeast of Lemus Island, Kavieng District) by Serge Andréfouët on 21 Aug. 2014; a video of a specimen taken off Nubilus Island, off southeastern New Hanover, at 3–32 m depth, St. KR 88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Red Sea, East and South Africa; Madagascar and western Mascarenes east to Northern Marianas, Solomon and Loyalty islands, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to northern Australia, Norfolk Island and northern New Zealand. Adults are found in sheltered bays as well as deep offshore, associated with coral reefs; juveniles with floating debris and form aggregations, 0–20 m depth. Transitional water and marine., Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 296, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
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34. Platax boersii Bleeker 1853
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Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean, and White, William T.
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Actinopterygii ,Platax ,Animalia ,Biodiversity ,Chordata ,Ephippidae ,Taxonomy ,Perciformes ,Platax boersii - Abstract
Platax boersii Bleeker 1853 —Golden batfish Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng District by Dietmar Amon on 8 Sept. 2010 and at 25 m depth by Dean Tully on 22 Sept. 2012. Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: East Africa east to Palau, north to southern Japan, south to New Guinea; waifs reaching Hawaiian Islands. Solitary in coastal coral reefs and on seaward reef slopes, 3–30 m depth. Marine., Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 296, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
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35. Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean, and White, William T.
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Anguillidae ,Atheriniformes ,Diodontidae ,Lactariidae ,Fistulariidae ,Synanceiidae ,Zenionidae ,Gasterosteiformes ,Mugiliformes ,Giganturidae ,Scatophagidae ,Carangidae ,Syngnathidae ,Bathysauridae ,Acropomatidae ,Lampridae ,Centriscidae ,Neosebastidae ,Champsodontidae ,Callionymidae ,Gempylidae ,Colocongridae ,Zeidae ,Solenostomidae ,Caproidae ,Chlorophthalmidae ,Beryciformes ,Callanthiidae ,Istiophoridae ,Ginglymostomatidae ,Toxotidae ,Beloniformes ,Platycephalidae ,Diceratiidae ,Scorpaeniformes ,Zanclidae ,Draconettidae ,Pempheridae ,Terapontidae ,Microdesmidae ,Syngnathiformes ,Pomacentridae ,Monacanthidae ,Holocentridae ,Engraulidae ,Aulopiformes ,Brentidae ,Notacanthiformes ,Blenniidae ,Clupeiformes ,Gadiformes ,Chiasmodontidae ,Insecta ,Congridae ,Scomberesocidae ,Leiognathidae ,Nemipteridae ,Siganidae ,Cynoglossidae ,Balistidae ,Bregmacerotidae ,Labridae ,Halosauridae ,Nemichthyidae ,Macrouridae ,Rhincodontidae ,Priacanthidae ,Lutjanidae ,Pholidichthyidae ,Xiphiidae ,Biodiversity ,Megalopidae ,Alopiidae ,Hexatrygonidae ,Osmeriformes ,Monodactylidae ,Triakidae ,Arthropoda ,Carcharhinidae ,Synaphobranchidae ,Polynemidae ,Albuliformes ,Trichiuridae ,Ophidiidae ,Animalia ,Haemulidae ,Cirrhitidae ,Triacanthodidae ,Coryphaenidae ,Soleidae ,Ostraciidae ,Ophichthidae ,Myliobatiformes ,Myctophidae ,Echeneidae ,Gobiidae ,Elasmobranchii ,Rhinobatidae ,Acanthuridae ,Mullidae ,Lethrinidae ,Pseudochromidae ,Pleuronectidae ,Latidae ,Myliobatidae ,Caesionidae ,Chaetodontidae ,Albulidae ,Chaunacidae ,Chordata ,Muraenidae ,Plotosidae ,Zeiformes ,Tetraodontidae ,Setarchidae ,Lophiiformes ,Phosichthyidae ,Paraulopidae ,Synodontidae ,Carcharhiniformes ,Argentinidae ,Scorpaenidae ,Serrivomeridae ,Chirocentridae ,Stomiidae ,Atherinidae ,Pinguipedidae ,Uranoscopidae ,Dasyatidae ,Sternoptychidae ,Ambassidae ,Peristediidae ,Pleuronectiformes ,Stomiiformes ,Plesiopidae ,Ipnopidae ,Lophiidae ,Tetrarogidae ,Ophidiiformes ,Sphyrnidae ,Dactylopteridae ,Tetraodontiformes ,Antennariidae ,Lampriformes ,Aploactinidae ,Orectolobiformes ,Trichonotidae ,Aulostomidae ,Anguilliformes ,Carapidae ,Perciformes ,Rajiformes ,Moridae ,Zenarchopteridae ,Scombridae ,Serranidae ,Gobiesociformes ,Urolophidae ,Ogcocephalidae ,Bothidae ,Malacanthidae ,Dussumieriidae ,Bythitidae ,Ephippidae ,Tripterygiidae ,Curculionidae ,Neoscopelidae ,Scyliorhinidae ,Squalidae ,Lamniformes ,Nomeidae ,Gonostomatidae ,Belonidae ,Drepaneidae ,Sphyraenidae ,Coleoptera ,Apogonidae ,Bathyclupeidae ,Samaridae ,Ostracoberycidae ,Myctophiformes ,Kuhliidae ,Poecilopsettidae ,Eleotridae ,Scaridae ,Gobiesocidae ,Hemiramphidae ,Elopiformes ,Taxonomy ,Pegasidae ,Kyphosidae ,Actinopterygii ,Clupeidae ,Exocoetidae ,Percophidae ,Squaliformes ,Gerreidae ,Alepocephalidae ,Lamnidae ,Pomacanthidae ,Pentacerotidae ,Mugilidae ,Zoarcidae ,Siluriformes - Abstract
Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean, White, William T. (2019): Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records. Zootaxa 4588 (1): 1-360, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1
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36. Platax pinnatus
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Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean, and White, William T.
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Actinopterygii ,Platax ,Platax pinnatus ,Animalia ,Biodiversity ,Chordata ,Ephippidae ,Taxonomy ,Perciformes - Abstract
Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus 1758) —Longfin batfish Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell during 7–28 June 2014; a video of a specimen taken off Nubilus Island, off southeastern New Hanover, at 3–32 m depth, St. KR 88, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2.—General distribution: Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Solitary in coastal coral reefs and on seaward reef slopes, 2–25 m depth. Marine., Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 296, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163
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37. DNA barcoding of marine fishes from Saudi Arabian waters of the Gulf
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Kang-Ning Shen, Mohammad A. Qurban, Daria Sanna, Lotfi Rabaoui, Lamia Yacoubi, Yu-Jia Lin, Marco Arculeo, Fabio Scarpa, Marco Casu, Todd R. Clardy, Rabaoui L., Yacoubi L., Sanna D., Casu M., Scarpa F., Lin Y.-J., Shen K.-N., Clardy T.R., Arculeo M., and Qurban M.A.
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0106 biological sciences ,food.ingredient ,Saudi Arabia ,Settore BIO/05 - Zoologia ,Zoology ,Trachinocephalus ,Aquatic Science ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,DNA barcoding ,Electron Transport Complex IV ,food ,Animals ,DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Phylogeny ,Herklotsichthys ,Sillago ,Lepidotrigla ,biology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Fishes ,Bayes Theorem ,Biodiversity ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,molecular species delimitation ,biology.organism_classification ,Priacanthidae ,Ephippidae ,ichtyofauna ,biodiversity assessment ,Upeneus ,Indo-Pacific Ocean - Abstract
We used the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (coI) gene DNA to barcode 117 endemic Gulf and cosmopolitan Indo-West Pacific fish species belonging to 54 families and 13 orders. Novel DNA barcodes were provided for 18 fish species (Trachinocephalus sp., Nematalosa sp., Herklotsichthys lossei, Upeneus doriae, Trachurus indicus, Apogonichthyoides taeniatus, Verulux cypselurus, Favonigobius sp., Suezichthus gracilis, Sillago sp., Brachirus orientalis, Pegusa sp., Lepidotrigla bispinosa, Lepidotrigla sp., Grammoplites suppositus, Hippichthys sp., Paramonacanthus sp. and Triacanthus sp.). The species delimitation analysis, conducted with Poisson tree processes- Bayesian PTP (PTP-bPTP) and nucleotide-divergence-threshold (NDT) models), found 137 and 119 entities respectively. Overall, NDT method, neighbour-joining species tree and the prior taxonomic assessment provided similar results. Among the 54 families considered, only 10 (Ariommatidae, Ephippidae, Leiognathidae, Nemipteridae, Plotosidae, Pomacanthidae, Pomacentridae, Priacanthidae and Rachycentridae) showed the occurrence of molecular diagnostic pure characters. The DNA barcoding database developed during this study will help ichthyologists to identify and resolve the taxonomic ambiguities they may encounter with the fishes occurring in The Gulf and throughout the region.
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38. Estrutura populacional, padrões migratórios e conectividade de Chaetodipterus faber no Oceano Atlântico Sul
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Soeth, Marcelo, 1986, Spach, Henry Louis, Daros, Felippe Alexandre, 1978, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Campus Pontal do Paraná - Centro de Estudos do Mar. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemas Costeiros e Oceânicos, and Correia, Alberto Teodorico, 1972
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Ephippidae - Reprodução ,Ephippidae - Migração ,Ephippidae - Crescimento ,Ephippidae ,Ecologia - Abstract
Orientador: Prof. Dr. Alberto Teodorico Correia Coorientadores: Prof. Dr. Henry Louis Spach, Prof. Dr. Felippe Alexandre Daros Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências da Terra, Centro de Estudos do Mar, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemas Costeiros e Oceânicos. Defesa : Curitiba, 27/03/2019 Inclui referências Resumo: Na presente tese foram investigas características da história de vida do paru, Chaetodipterus faber, no Sul do Brasil e a estrutura do estoque pesqueiro nas principais áreas de pesca da espécie no Oceano Atlântico Sudoeste. Os resultados mais importantes desta tese foram: (1) próximo ao seu limite sul de distribuição C. faber tem uma longevidade de 17 anos; (2) o dimorfismo sexual no crescimento não foi evidente e a razão sexual (machos: fêmeas) foi de 1: 1,17; (3) a espécie apresenta crescimento assintótico que se ajusta a função crescimento de von Bertalanffy, onde os parâmetros estimados para todos os indivíduos coletados aos 25°S (Estado do Paraná) foram: L = 508,81 mm, k = 0,22 ano-1 e t0 = -0,05 ano; (5) a espécie apresenta uma estratégia de desova parcelada com pico reprodutivo entre outubro e janeiro em latitudes subtropicais (25°S); (6) regiões estuarinas são importantes para a reprodução da espécie que, aparentemente, forma agregações reprodutivas nestas áreas; (7) as fêmeas gastam aproximadamente seis meses a mais que os machos para atingir a maturidade e são capazes de desovar pouco antes do seu segundo aniversário; (8) a forma e a química dos otólitos revelaram que a conectividade entre a população de C. faber na região do Espírito Santo (20°S) com as populações do sul (> 22°S) é limitada; (9) a presença de grupos semi-discretos espacialmente estruturados foi evidente entre 23°S e 27°S (Rio de Janeiro e Santa Catarina); (10) as razões de Sr/Ca e Mn/Ca ao longo dos marcos cronológicos nos otólitos de C. faber indica que a maioria dos indivíduos usa as regiões estuarinas na fase juvenil e migra para águas costeiras de maiores salinidades na fase adulta. Para fins de manejo pesqueiro, os nossos resultados sugerem que o defeso durante o pico reprodutivo e a proibição das capturas de indivíduos menores que 25 cm de comprimento total podem ser usados para a gestão do estoque de C. faber no Sul do Brasil; As unidades populacionais de C. faber na costa Sudeste e Sul do Brasil devem ser consideradas como diferentes estoques para fins de gestão pesqueira. No entanto, o grau de mistura e a contribuição que cada unidade populacional identificada recebe de fontes distantes de recrutamento são desconhecidas e exigem estudos adicionais. Por fim, os resultados reforçam a importância da conservação dos sistemas estuarinos que contribuem expressivamente para a manutenção das populações de C. faber no Oceano Atlântico Sudoeste. Abstract: In this doctoral thesis some life-history traits of Atlantic spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber, in southern Brazil and the stock structure in the main fishery areas of the species in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean were investigated. The most important findings of this thesis were: (1) C. faber has a 17-year longevity close to its southern distributional limit; (2) sexual growth dimorphism was not evident and the male:female sex ratio was 1:1.17; (3) the species displayed asymptotic growth. Fitted von Bertalanffy growth function estimates for all individuals collected at 25°S (Paraná State) were L = 508.81 mm, k= 0.22 year-1, and t0= - 0.05 year; (4) the species is a batch spawner with a main reproduction period from October to January in subtropical latitudes at 25°S; (5) estuarine areas are important for C. faber reproduction that most likely exhibits a seasonal movement for spawning aggregation purposes; (6) females mature approximately 6 months later than males and are capable of spawning just prior to two years old; (7) the otolith shape and chemistry signatures indicated that connectivity between the population of C. faber in the Espírito Santo region (20°S) with the southern populations (>22°S) is limited; (9) the presence of spatially structured semidiscrete groups between 23°S and 27°S (Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina states) was evidenced; (8) the Sr/Ca and Mn/Ca ratios along chronological landmarks within the C. faber otoliths indicated that most individuals use the estuarine regions in the juvenile stage and thereafter migrate as adults to the open sea. To management proposes, the hereby results suggest that fishery closures during the spawning season and fishing size restrictions should be used to manage the C. faber stock in southern Brazil; The population-units should be regarded as different stocks for fisheries management purposes. However, at present, the degree of intermixing and the contribution that each local population identified receives from distant recruitment sources is unknown and demands further studies. Moreover, the current data reinforce the importance of estuarine systems conservation that plays a significant contribution as a nursery area for C. faber in southeastern-south Brazil.
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39. Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants
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Ronald Fricke and Daniel Golani
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Atheriniformes ,Diodontidae ,Serranidae ,Fistulariidae ,Synanceiidae ,Rhinopteridae ,Carangidae ,Syngnathidae ,Lobotidae ,Indian Ocean ,Acropomatidae ,Centriscidae ,Champsodontidae ,Callionymidae ,Cichlidae ,Opistognathidae ,Gempylidae ,Torpedinidae ,Sillaginidae ,Solenostomidae ,Moronidae ,Beryciformes ,Istiophoridae ,Ginglymostomatidae ,Beloniformes ,Platycephalidae ,Scorpaeniformes ,Pempheridae ,Terapontidae ,Microdesmidae ,Endemism ,Pristiformes ,Syngnathiformes ,Pomacentridae ,Monacanthidae ,Holocentridae ,Engraulidae ,Pristidae ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Aulopiformes ,Blenniidae ,Clupeiformes ,Gadiformes ,Ptereleotridae ,Animal Migration ,Congridae ,Leiognathidae ,Nemipteridae ,Siganidae ,Cynoglossidae ,Balistidae ,Bregmacerotidae ,Labridae ,Halosauridae ,Xenisthmidae ,Rhincodontidae ,Priacanthidae ,Lutjanidae ,Xiphiidae ,Biodiversity ,Megalopidae ,Alopiidae ,Narcinidae ,Monodactylidae ,Triakidae ,Kraemeriidae ,Ariommatidae ,Carcharhinidae ,Albuliformes ,Trichiuridae ,Somniosidae ,Monocentridae ,Ophidiidae ,Animalia ,Animals ,Haemulidae ,Cirrhitidae ,Apistidae ,Coryphaenidae ,biology.organism_classification ,Hemigaleidae ,Soleidae ,Ostraciidae ,Ophichthidae ,Fishery ,Myliobatiformes ,Myctophidae ,040102 fisheries ,Echeneidae ,Gobiidae ,Elasmobranchii ,0106 biological sciences ,Rhinobatidae ,Acanthuridae ,Mullidae ,Lethrinidae ,Gymnuridae ,Pseudochromidae ,01 natural sciences ,Apogonidae ,Epigonidae ,Myliobatidae ,Caesionidae ,Rachycentridae ,Chaetodontidae ,Albulidae ,Chordata ,Muraenidae ,Batrachoididae ,Plotosidae ,Tetraodontidae ,Lophiiformes ,Fishes ,Isuriformes ,Astronesthidae ,Aetobatidae ,Phosichthyidae ,Synodontidae ,Paralepididae ,Carcharhiniformes ,Scorpaenidae ,Chirocentridae ,Stomiidae ,Atherinidae ,Pinguipedidae ,Uranoscopidae ,Dasyatidae ,Torpediniformes ,Sternoptychidae ,Ambassidae ,Ariidae ,Pleuronectiformes ,Emmelichthyidae ,Stomiiformes ,Gonorynchiformes ,Plesiopidae ,Mobulidae ,Lophiidae ,Chanidae ,Tetrarogidae ,Ophidiiformes ,Sphyrnidae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Stegostomatidae ,Dactylopteridae ,Schindleriidae ,Tetraodontiformes ,Nettastomatidae ,Antennariidae ,Chlopsidae ,Aploactinidae ,Orectolobiformes ,Trichonotidae ,Aulostomidae ,Perciformes ,Anguilliformes ,Carapidae ,Rajiformes ,Moridae ,Scombridae ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Global biodiversity ,Triglidae ,Bothidae ,Malacanthidae ,Dussumieriidae ,Bythitidae ,Ephippidae ,Tripterygiidae ,Symphysanodontidae ,Bramidae ,Anomalopidae ,Chondrichthyes ,Lamniformes ,Belonidae ,Drepaneidae ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Liparidae ,Sphyraenidae ,Psettodidae ,Odontaspididae ,Pisces ,Elopidae ,Samaridae ,Myctophiformes ,Cyprinodontidae ,Kuhliidae ,Ateleopodiformes ,Ateleopodidae ,Sciaenidae ,Creediidae ,Biology ,Scaridae ,Gobiesocidae ,Hemiramphidae ,Trachichthyidae ,Sparidae ,Paralichthyidae ,Elopiformes ,Taxonomy ,Molidae ,Pegasidae ,Kyphosidae ,Actinopterygii ,Clupeidae ,Exocoetidae ,Percophidae ,Squaliformes ,Gerreidae ,Muraenesocidae ,Lamnidae ,Pomacanthidae ,Pentacerotidae ,Mugilidae ,Siluriformes - Abstract
The current checklist provides for each species of the Red Sea its records in the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea main basin and its general distribution.This new checklist of Red Sea fishes enumerates 1207 species, representing 164 families. Of these, 797 species were recorded from the Gulf of Aqaba and 339 from the Gulf of Suez. The number of species from the Gulf of Suez is evidently lower than the actual number not including 27 Lessepsian (Red Sea) migrants to the Mediterranean that most likely occur in the Gulf. The current list includes 73 species that were newly described for science since the last checklist of 2010. The most specious Osteichthyes families are: Gobiidae (134 species), Labridae (66), Apogonidae (59), Serranidae (including Anthiadinae) (44), Blenniidae (42), Carangidae (38), Muraenidae (36), Pomacentridae (35), Syngnathidae (34), Scorpaenidae (24) and Lutjanidae (23). Among the families of Chondrichthyes, the most specious families are the Carcharhinidae (18 species) and Dasyatidae (11). The total number of endemic species in the Red Sea is 174 species, of these, 34 species are endemic to the Gulf of Aqaba and 8 to the Gulf of Suez.
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40. Ephippidae Bleeker 1859
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Golani, Daniel and Fricke, Ronald
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Actinopterygii ,Animalia ,Biodiversity ,Chordata ,Ephippidae ,Taxonomy ,Perciformes - Abstract
EPHIPPIDAE Platax boersii Bleeker 1853 Gulf of Suez: �� Gulf of Aqaba: �� Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (Lieske & Myers 2010 as Platax boersi). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Palau, waifs reaching Hawaiian Islands. Platax orbicularis (Forssk��l in Niebuhr 1775) Gulf of Suez: �� Gulf of Aqaba: Egypt (Botros 1971, as Platax vespertilio), Jordan (Khalaf & Disi 1997). Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Klunzinger 1870, as Platax vespertilio), Eritrea (R��ppell 1829, as Platax albipunctatus), Saudi Arabia (Forssk��l in Niebuhr 1775, as Chaetodon orbicularis; see Fricke 2008), Yemen (Heda et al. 1998). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Tuamotu Archipelago. Platax teira (Forssk��l in Niebuhr 1775) Gulf of Suez: �� Gulf of Aqaba: �� Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Botros 1971), Eritrea (Tortonese 1935, as Platax pinnatus), Saudi Arabia (R��ppell 1829), Yemen (Forssk��l in Niebuhr 1775, as Chaetodon teira; see Fricke 2008). General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Northern Marianas, Solomon and Loyalty islands. Remark: Two specimens were recorded from the eastern Mediterranean Sea (see Bilecenoglu and Kaya 2006; Golani et al 2011c). Tripterodon orbis Playfair in Playfair & G��nther 1867, Published as part of Golani, Daniel & Fricke, Ronald, 2018, Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants, pp. 1-215 in Zootaxa 4509 (1) on page 107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2607566, {"references":["Lieske, E. & Myers, R. (2010) Korallenriff-Fuhrer Rotes Meer. 2 nd Edition. Kosmos, Stuttgart, 398 pp.","Niebuhr, C. (1775) Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit ... Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. ex officina Molleri, Hauniae, 20 + xxxiv + 164 pp., map.","Botros, G. A. (1971) Fishes of the Red Sea. Oceanography and Marine Biology, Annual Review, 9, 221 - 348.","Khalaf, M. A &. Disi, A. M. (1997) Fishes of the Gulf of Aqaba. Publications of the Marine Science Station, Aqaba, 8, 1 - 252.","Klunzinger, C. B. (1870) Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Percoiden-Mugiloiden. Verhandlungen der K. - K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 20, 669 - 834.","Ruppell, W. P. E. S. (1828 - 1830) Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. Heinrich Ludwig Bronner, Frankfurt am Main, 141 + 3 pp., 35 pls. [Part 1 (1828): pp. 1 - 26, pls. 1 - 6; Part 2 (1829), pp. 27 - 94, pls. 7 - 24; Part 3 (1830): pp. 95 - 141, pls. 25 - 35]","Fricke, R. (2008) Authorship, availability and validity of fish names described by Peter (Pehr) Simon Forsskal and Johann Christian Fabricius in the ' Descriptiones animalium' by Carsten Niebuhr in 1775 (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde A, New Series, 1, 1 - 76.","Bilecenoglu, M. & Kaya, M. (2006) A new alien fish in the Mediterranean Sea- Platax teira (Forsskal, 1775) (Osteichthyes: Ephippidae). Aquatic Invasions, 1 (2), 80 - 83. https: // doi. org / 10.3391 / ai. 2006.1.2.5","Golani, D., Sonin, O. & Edelist, D. (2011 c) Second records of the Lessepsian fish migrants Priacanthus sagittarius and Platax teira in the Mediterranean and distribution extension of Tylerius spinosissimus. Aquatic Invasions, 6 (Supplement 1), 7 - 11. [S 7 - S 11] https: // doi. org / 10.3391 / ai. 2011.6. S 1.002"]}
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41. MIRROR IMAGE.
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MOREHOUSE, MACON
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LUNA moth ,SYMMETRY (Physics) ,EPHIPPIDAE ,STARFISHES ,PROPORTION - Abstract
The article discusses the concept of symmetry in objects. It states that an object is symmetrical when it has atleast two sides looking alike. It mentions various examples of symmetry including batfish, luna moth, and sea star and further discusses bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry and asymmetrical.
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- 2012
42. A new species of Neorhadinorhynchus (Acanthocephala: Cavisomidae) from Platax teira (Ephippidae) from Iraqi marine waters
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Khalidah S. Al-Niaeem, Hayder A. H. Al-Hasson, Lesley R. Smales, and Suzan A. Al-Azizz
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0301 basic medicine ,biology ,Platax ,Platax teira ,Paleontology ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,biology.organism_classification ,Ephippidae ,Proboscis (genus) ,Longfin ,Cavisomidae ,Fishery ,03 medical and health sciences ,Genus ,Anthropology ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,Acanthocephala ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
A new species of Neorhadinorhynchus (Acanthocephala: Cavisomidae), N. basrahiensis, is described from the small intestine of the longfin batfish Platax teira Forsskal, 1775, from Iraqi marine waters. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by the proboscis armature of 12 rows of 8–10 hooks, the largest hooks being up to a third larger than the largest hooks previously described for the genus. It is first record of the genus in the Ephippidae and from Iraqi marine waters; the fourth species of the genus Neorhadinorhynchus to be described from the Indian Ocean.
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- 2015
43. Use of otolith elemental signatures to unravel lifetime movement patterns of Atlantic spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber, in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean
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Felippe Alexandre Daros, Alberto Teodorico Correia, Marcelo Soeth, Henry Louis Spach, Jorge Pisonero Castro, Univ Fed Parana, Ctr Interdisciplinar Invest Marinha & Ambiental, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Univ Oviedo, and Univ Fernando Pessoa
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0106 biological sciences ,Aquatic Science ,Oceanography ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Ephippidae ,SW Atlantic ,medicine ,Juvenile ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Otolith ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,biology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Otolith microchemistry ,Estuary ,biology.organism_classification ,Laser ablation ,Chaetodipterus faber ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Salinity migratory behavior ,Habitat ,Submarine pipeline ,Seawater - Abstract
Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-10T19:56:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-03-01 Araucaria Foundation FCT -Foundation for Science and Technology Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Government of Principality of Asturias Otolith fingerprinting was used to test the hypotheses that estuarine systems are effective juvenile habitats for Chaetodipterus faber in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, and that this species displays seasonal migrations between estuarine and marine environments. Adult C. faber were collected in euhaline environments from five Brazilian states (Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, and Santa Catarina) and otolith elemental ratios (Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca and Mn/Ca) were recorded from the core to otolith edge. The otolith Sr/Ca pattern demonstrated that most fish (95%) spend the first year of life within estuaries, but then move toward seawater; migrations between estuarine and marine environments appear not to occur after estuarine egress. Evidence of marine residence throughout life was found in only 5% of individuals. Moreover, the general otolith Sr/Ca pattern indicated that spawning occurs mainly in coastal waters adjacent to estuaries. Additionally, otolith element/Ca ratios suggest that adult C. faber display seasonal migrations between inshore and offshore waters, which corroborate with monthly fishery C. faber landings. This finding implies that artisanal and industrial fisheries require a shared quota. The inferential scope of seasonal movements was sometimes limited by the lack of water chemistry data and unknown relative effects of environmental and physiological factors. Thus additional research is required to evaluate the connectivity between environments, a pre-requisite for effective fisheries conservation and management of C. faber. Univ Fed Parana, Programa Posgrad Sistemas Costeiros & Ocean, PO 61, BR-83255976 Pontal Do Parana, Parana, Brazil Ctr Interdisciplinar Invest Marinha & Ambiental, Terminal Cruzeiros Porto Leixoes, Ave Gen Norton de Matos S-N, P-4450208 Matosinhos, Portugal Univ Fed Parana, Ctr Estudos Mar, Lab Ecol Peixes, PO 61, BR-83255976 Pontal Do Parana, Parana, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Campus Expt Registro, BR-11900000 Registro, SP, Brazil Univ Oviedo, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Federico Garcia Lorca 18, Oviedo 33007, Spain Univ Fernando Pessoa, Fac Ciencias Saude, Rua Carlos Maia 296, P-4200150 Porto, Portugal Univ Estadual Paulista, Campus Expt Registro, BR-11900000 Registro, SP, Brazil Araucaria Foundation: Cov. 020/2015 FCT -Foundation for Science and Technology: UIDB/04423/2020 FCT -Foundation for Science and Technology: UIDP/04423/2020 Government of Principality of Asturias: IDI/2018/000186
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44. DIGGING Spides: An alternative to red snapper.
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Moore, Chester
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FIRST person narrative ,NARRATION ,FISHERS ,EPHIPPIDAE ,FISHING lures ,FROZEN shrimp - Abstract
The article discusses the author's experience of fishing for spadefish in Texas. His first fishing trip was with his father and girlfriend where they use frozen shrimps as their baits which the spades devoured like piranhas. In his other fishing trips, he found out other ideal baits for spades which include squid, fluorocarbon and cannonball jellyfish which for him is the best bait for it and observed that the fish can be easily caught in slow tides.
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45. Assessment of Coral Reef Environment Using Associated Fishes Along South-East Coast of India
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A.C.R. Sathya, M.S. Muthu, and J. Jayapraba
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geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,biology ,Serranidae ,Ecology ,Haemulidae ,General Medicine ,Coral reef ,biology.organism_classification ,Acanthuridae ,Ephippidae ,Species richness ,Lethrinidae ,Reef - Abstract
In the present study, totally 162 species of coral reef associated fishes, belonging to 17 orders, 64 families and 94 genera have been recorded in Cuddalore, Parangipettai and Nallavadu reefs. The study was conducted for a period of two years from January 2012 to December 2013. In Cuddalore, during 2012 a total number of 138 species of coral reef associated fishes belonging to 83 genera, 55 families and 17 orders were recorded, and in 2013, as many as 131 species belonging to 76 genera, 51 families and 14 orders were recorded. In Parangipettai, 127 species of coral reef associated fishes belonging to 78 genera, 48 families and 13 orders were recorded during 2012, and in 2013, 120 species belonging to 73 genera, 45 families and 12 orders were recorded. In Nallavadu, 117 species of coral reef associated fishes were recorded in 2012. These belong to 77 genera, 51 families and 17 orders; whereas, in 2013, totally 112 species belonging to 75 genera, 52 families and 17 orders were recorded. Considering the family-wise distribution, families such as Carangidae, Serranidae and Lutjanidaeare were found dominant with 22, 15 and 12 species respectively, followed by Haemulidae and Mullidae (6 species each), Acanthuridae, Nemipteridae, Siganidae and Synodontidae (4 species each), Clupeidae, Ephippidae, Lethrinidae and Sphyraenidae (3 species each) and other families with less than three species. Shannon Wiener diversity index recorded was in the range of 5.775 (during pre-monsoon period in 2013 at Cuddalore) -4.326 (during summer in 2012 at Nallavadu). In Margalef’s richness index, the maximum of 13.74 was recorded in Cuddalore during pre-monsoon in 2012 and the minimum of 7.975 in Nallavadu during monsoon in 2013. In taxonomic diversity among the three regions, the maximum of 55.86 was recorded in Parangipettai and minimum (51.55) was found in Nallavadu during the pre-monsoon period in 2012. In phylogenetic diversity the maximum of 4217 Cuddalore and a minimum of 2467 were recorded in Nallavadu during summer in 2013. The higher values recorded in all diversity indices clearly showed the good health of the coral reef environment in the study area. Keywords: Health, Coral reef, Environment, Diversity indices, Fishes
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46. Chromosomal stasis in distinct families of marine Percomorpharia from South Atlantic
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Patrícia Elda Sobrinho-Scudeler, Paulo Roberto Antunes de Mello Affonso, Leandro Aragão da Hora Almeida, Claudio Oliveira, Fabilene Gomes Paim, Débora Diniz, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,ribosomal genes ,lcsh:QH426-470 ,Short Communication ,ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species ,Plant Science ,Percomorpha ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Lutjanus synagris ,South Atlantic ,03 medical and health sciences ,Lutjanidae ,Genetics ,Rypticus ,Cytotaxonomy ,biology ,Ecology ,ved/biology ,Karyotype ,biology.organism_classification ,Ephippidae ,lcsh:Genetics ,Chaetodipterus faber ,030104 developmental biology ,Evolutionary biology ,Ephippiformes ,Biological dispersal ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Biotechnology - Abstract
Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:57:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-01-01 The weakness of physical barriers in the marine environment and the dispersal potential of fish populations have been invoked as explanations of the apparent karyotype stasis of marine Percomorpha, but several taxa remain poorly studied cytogenetically. To increase the chromosomal data in this fish group, we analyzed cytogenetically three widespread Atlantic species from distinct families: Chaetodipterus faber Brous-sonet, 1782 (Ephippidae), Lutjanus synagris Linnaeus, 1758 (Lutjanidae) and Rypticus randalli Courtenay, 1967 (Serranidae). The three species shared a karyotype composed of 2n=48 acrocentric chromosomes, single nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) and reduced amounts of centromeric heterochromatin. A single NOR-bearing pair was identified in all species by physical mapping of 18S rDNA while non-syntenic 5S rRNA genes were located at centromeric region of a single pair. The similar karyotypic macrostructure observed in unrelated groups of Percomorpharia reinforces the conservative karyoevolution of marine teleosteans. Nonetheless, the species could be differentiated based on the pair bearing ribosomal cistrons, revealing the importance of microstructural analyses in species with symmetric and stable karyotypes. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB) Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu UNESP Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu UNESP
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- 2017
47. Atlas of marine bony fish otoliths (sagittae) of Southeastern-Southern Brazil Part V: Perciformes (Sparidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Mullidae, Kyphosidae, Chaetodontidae, Mugilidae, Scaridae, Percophidae, Pinguipedidae, Blenniidae, Gobiidae, Ephippidae, Sphyraenidae, Gempylidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Ariommatidae, Stromateidae and Caproidae)
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Valéria Regina Martins Conversani, Cesar Santificetur, Carolina Correia Siliprandi, Marcella Bockis Giaretta, Marina Rito Brenha-Nunes, and Carmen Lúcia del Bianco Rossi-Wongtschowski
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0106 biological sciences ,Morphology ,Sparidae ,Scombridae ,010607 zoology ,Zoology ,Sciaenidae ,Oceanography ,01 natural sciences ,Perciformes ,lcsh:Oceanography ,Southwestern Atlantic ,lcsh:GC1-1581 ,Morfologia ,Gempylidae ,biology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Morphometry ,Brasil ,Anatomy ,Atlântico Sudoeste ,biology.organism_classification ,Ephippidae ,Otoliths ,Caproidae ,MORFOMETRIA ,Stromateidae ,Otólitos ,Brazil - Abstract
This publication is part of a series prepared with the purpose to constitute an Atlas of Teleostei Otoliths for the Southeastern-Southern Brazilian area. Here we present the results of 15 morphological features and six shape indices for 33 Perciformes species of 20 families. Whenever available in out collection, three otoliths of each species were illustrated and photographed. The frequency of occurrence of each feature was calculated inside and among total length classes being the differences analyzed through multiple χ2 tests (significance level 0.05). Based on otoliths measurements, six shape indices values were obtained being the minimum, maximum, mean and standard deviations values presented. RESUMO Esta publicação é a continuação de uma série que deverá resultar em um Atlas de Otólitos de Teleósteos da Região Sudeste-Sul brasileira. Aqui apresentamos os resultados de análises morfológicas relativas a 15 características e seis índices usualmente utilizados para a caracterização dessas estruturas. Neste estudo são apresentados os raesultados obtidos para 33 espécies de Percifomes de 20 famílias. Sempre que possível, foram desenhados e fotografados três otólitos de cada espécie. A frequência de ocorrência de cada característica morfológica foi calculada por classes de comprimento total (TL) e para toda a amostra, sendo as diferenças, dentro de cada classe e, ao longo do desenvolvimento do peixe, analisadas por meio de testes de χ2 múltiplo (nível de significância 0,05). A partir de medidas dos otólitos, foram calculados valores de seis índices de forma, sendo aqui apresentados seus valores mínimo, máximo, média e desvio padrão.
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48. Philometrid nematodes (Philometridae) from marine fishes off the northern coast of Australia, including three new species
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František Moravec and Ben K. Diggles
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food.ingredient ,Eleutheronema tetradactylum ,Serranidae ,biology ,Anatomy ,biology.organism_classification ,Philometra ,Ephippidae ,food ,Lutjanus carponotatus ,Lutjanidae ,King threadfin ,Parasitology ,Threadfin - Abstract
Based on light and scanning electron microscopical studies, the following nine species of Philometridae (Nemaoda: Dracunculoidea) are described from female worms parasitizing marine perciform fishes belonging to six families off the northern coast Australia (near Darwin): Philometra australiensis sp. n. from the swimbladder of the king threadfin Polydactylus macrochir (Gunther) (Polynemidae); P. epinepheli Dewi et Palm, 2013 from the operculum of the orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton) (Serranidae); Philometra johnii Moravec et Ali, 2013 from the gonad of the croaker Johnius sp. (Sciaenidae); P. macrochiri sp. n. from the sensory fin of P. macrochir; P. zabidii sp. n. from the ovary of the ninespine batfish Zabidius novemaculatus (McCulloch) (Ephippidae); Philometra sp. 1 and Philometra sp. 2 from the ovary of the Spanish flag snapper Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson) (Lutjanidae) and the silver grunt Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskal) (Haemulidae), respectively; Philometroides eleutheronemae Moravec et Manoharan, 2013 from the ovary of the fourfinger threadfin Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw) (Polynemidae); and Spirophilometra endangae Dewi et Palm, 2013 from the pectoral fins of E. coioides. The new species P. australiensis is characterized mainly by the structure of the cephalic end, 14 minute cephalic papillae, absence of caudal projections and body length of gravid female (67 mm), P. macrochiri by the presence of a conspicuously large anterior oesophageal bulb, 14 very small cephalic papillae and the truncated posterior end of body without any caudal projections, whereas P. zabidii is characterized by the presence of distinct caudal projections, the number (14) and larger size and arrangement of cephalic papillae, a poorly developed anterior oesophageal inflation, the body length (114 mm) and the host family (Ephippidae). All above-mentioned species were recorded from Australian waters for the first time.
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- 2014
49. Use of otolith elemental signatures to unravel lifetime movement patterns of Atlantic spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber, in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean.
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Soeth, Marcelo, Spach, Henry Louis, Daros, Felippe Alexandre, Castro, Jorge Pisonero, and Correia, Alberto Teodorico
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OTOLITHS , *TERRITORIAL waters , *OCEAN , *FISH conservation , *SMALL-scale fisheries , *FISHERY management - Abstract
Otolith fingerprinting was used to test the hypotheses that estuarine systems are effective juvenile habitats for Chaetodipterus faber in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, and that this species displays seasonal migrations between estuarine and marine environments. Adult C. faber were collected in euhaline environments from five Brazilian states (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, and Santa Catarina) and otolith elemental ratios (Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca and Mn/Ca) were recorded from the core to otolith edge. The otolith Sr/Ca pattern demonstrated that most fish (95%) spend the first year of life within estuaries, but then move toward seawater; migrations between estuarine and marine environments appear not to occur after estuarine egress. Evidence of marine residence throughout life was found in only 5% of individuals. Moreover, the general otolith Sr/Ca pattern indicated that spawning occurs mainly in coastal waters adjacent to estuaries. Additionally, otolith element/Ca ratios suggest that adult C. faber display seasonal migrations between inshore and offshore waters, which corroborate with monthly fishery C. faber landings. This finding implies that artisanal and industrial fisheries require a shared quota. The inferential scope of seasonal movements was sometimes limited by the lack of water chemistry data and unknown relative effects of environmental and physiological factors. Thus additional research is required to evaluate the connectivity between environments, a pre-requisite for effective fisheries conservation and management of C. faber. • Estuaries are effective juvenile habitats for Chaetodipterus faber. • Most C. faber spend the first year of life within estuaries. • Two distinct movement patterns were found for C. faber throughout lifetime. • Spawning appears to occur mainly in coastal waters adjacent to estuaries. • Lifetime movements evidenced that inshore-offshore fisheries require a shared quota. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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50. Comparative visual ecophysiology of mid-Atlantic temperate reef fishes
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Elizabeth S. Seagroves, Richard W. Brill, Andrea K. Johnson, Andrij Z. Horodysky, and Kendyl C. Crawford
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food.ingredient ,Serranidae ,QH301-705.5 ,Science ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Demersal zone ,Bass (fish) ,Flicker fusion frequency ,food ,Electroretinography ,Spectral sensitivity ,Centropristis ,Biology (General) ,Visual ecology ,biology ,Ecology ,Pelagic zone ,Temperate reef ,biology.organism_classification ,Ephippidae ,Chaetodipterus faber ,Fish ,Tautog ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,Research Article - Abstract
Summary The absolute light sensitivities, temporal properties, and spectral sensitivities of the visual systems of three mid-Atlantic temperate reef fishes (Atlantic spadefish [Ephippidae: Chaetodipterus faber], tautog [Labridae: Tautoga onitis], and black sea bass [Serranidae: Centropristis striata]) were studied via electroretinography (ERG). Pelagic Atlantic spadefish exhibited higher temporal resolution but a narrower dynamic range than the two more demersal foragers. The higher luminous sensitivities of tautog and black sea bass were similar to other benthic and demersal coastal mid-Atlantic fishes. Flicker fusion frequency experiments revealed significant interspecific differences at maximum intensities that correlated with lifestyle and habitat. Spectral responses of the three species spanned 400–610 nm, with high likelihood of cone dichromacy providing the basis for color and contrast discrimination. Significant day-night differences in spectral responses were evident in spadefish and black sea bass but not tautog, a labrid with characteristic structure-associated nocturnal torpor. Atlantic spadefish responded to a wider range of wavelengths than did deeper-dwelling tautog or black sea bass. Collectively, these results suggest that temperate reef-associated fishes are well-adapted to their gradient of brighter to dimmer photoclimates, representative of their unique ecologies and life histories. Continuing anthropogenic degradation of water quality in coastal environments, at a pace faster than the evolution of visual systems, may however impede visual foraging and reproductive signaling in temperate reef fishes.
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