A Poorly Known Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico: Cubera, Lutjanus cyanopterus, (Teleostei: Lutjanidae) off the Northern Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 587-590
Author(s):  
Alfonso Aguilar-Perera ◽  
Jalil Carrillo-Barragán
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula

scholarly journals River Turtle in Danger

Oryx ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Alvarez del Toro ◽  
Russell A. Mittermeier ◽  
John B. Iverson
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Large River ◽  
Restricted Range ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula ◽  
Snapping Turtles ◽  
Coastal Lowlands

A large river turtle Dermatemys mawei, found only in the coastal lowlands of the Gulf of Mexico, is becoming rare throughout most of its restricted range. It is found from central Veracruz, Mexico, eastward through Guatemala and Belize, but not in the Yucatan Peninsula, and it is heavily hunted for its meat. The only living representative of the Dermatemydidae, a turtle family known from as early as the Cretaceous, its closest living relatives are the mud turtles (Kinosternidae), and it is not as closely related to the snapping turtles (Chelydridae) as previously thought.4,5,9,20 In the latest classification of turtles the Dermatemydidae are placed in the Superfamily Trionychoidea of the Infraorder Cryptodira.

Deep-Water Shrimp (Crustacea: Penaeoidea) Off the Yucatan Peninsula (Southern Gulf of Mexico): A Potential Fishing Resource?

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adolfo Gracia ◽  
Ana Rosa Vázquez-Bader ◽  
Enrique Lozano-Alvarez ◽  
Patricia Briones-Fourzán
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula ◽  
Southern Gulf Of Mexico

Ecotoxicological effects of POPs on ariidae Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766) from three coastal ecosystems in the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan Peninsula

2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (10) ◽  
pp. 1513-1520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Zapata-Pérez ◽  
Victor Ceja-Moreno ◽  
Mónica Roca Olmos ◽  
María Teresa Pérez ◽  
Marcela del Río-García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Coastal Ecosystems ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula ◽  
Ecotoxicological Effects ◽  
Southern Gulf Of Mexico

scholarly journals Reproductive biology of the southern pufferfish, Sphoeroides nephelus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), in the northern coast off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-146
Author(s):  
Jorge Peniche Perez ◽  
Carlos Gonzalez Salas ◽  
Harold Villegas Hernández ◽  
Raul Diaz Gamboa ◽  
Alfonso Aguilar Perera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Biology ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula

scholarly journals A New Scaphelline Volute from the Gulf of Mexico

The Festivus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-102
Author(s):  
Edward Petuch ◽  
David Berschauer
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula ◽  
Different Color

A new subspecies of Scaphella junonia has been discovered off the Alacranes Reefs, along the northernmost edge of Campeche Bank, Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The new subspecies, here named Scaphella junonia curryi, differs from the other four known S. junonia subspecies in having the narrowest and most elongated shell, having the strongest and most extensive ribbed sculpture on the spire whorls, and in having a different color pattern composed of very large, almost fused rectangular spots. The new subspecies is confined to the edge of the Campeche Escarpment off the northern Campeche Bank islands and reefs.

Occurrence of the Mardi Gras wrasse, Halichoeres burekae (Teleostei: Labridae) in the Alacranes Reef, off northern Yucatan Peninsula

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2298 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALFONSO AGUILAR-PERERA ◽  
ARMIN TUZ-SULUB
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Planktivorous Fish ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
Mardi Gras ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula ◽  
Southern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Reef Platform

The Mardi Gras wrasse, Halichoeres burekae, is a planktivorous fish considered to be endemic to the Gulf of Mexico and recently described. It was previously known only from the Flower Gardens Banks National Marine Sanctuary (USA) and Veracruz, (Mexico). We recorded Halichoeres burekae (initial female [50–70 mm TL] and terminal male [60–90 mm TL] phases) in the Alacranes Reef, a reef platform located off northern Yucatan Peninsula, southern Gulf of Mexico. This fish is relatively common in shallow (2 m) and deep (25 m) waters in the Alacranes Reef, where it forms small (15 individuals) to large (200 individuals) aggregations. This record represents a range extension for H. burekae and indicates a general lack of knowledge about the southern Gulf of Mexico reef fish fauna.

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