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.

Typhliasina Whitley 1951, an unneeded replacement name for Typhlias Hubbs 1938 (Ophidiiformes: Dinematichthyidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4319 (2) ◽  
pp. 371
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER SCHARPF
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula

Hubbs (1938) described Typhlias pearsei, representing both a new genus and species of blind cusk-eel (Ophidiiformes: Dinematichthyidae) from freshwater caves and sinkholes of the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico. Whitley (1951:67) proposed Typhliasina as a replacement name for Typhlias, citing a list of zoological names published by Neave (1950:284), but did not mention the taxon and author to which the putative senior homonym belonged. Cohen and Nielsen (1978:60) treated Typhliasina as a junior synonym of Ogilbia Jordan & Evermann 1898 in their provisional classification of the Ophidiiformes, wherein they mentioned that Typhlias Hubbs 1938 is preoccupied by Typhlias Bryce 1910 in rotifers. Typhlias Bryce 1910 has subsequently been given as the senior homonym in three important works: the FAO species catalog of ophidiiform fishes (Nielsen & Cohen 1999:134), Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America (Nielsen 2003:507), and a revisionary study (Møller et al. 2004:186) in which Typhliasina is resurrected from the synonymy of Ogilbia. However, a careful reading of Neave (1950) and Bryce (1910) reveals a fact that had apparently been overlooked: Typhlias Bryce 1910 is not an available name, but a lapsus for Typhlina Ehrenberg 1831. 

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 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.

Updated checklist and identification key of benthic tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the sublittoral zone of the northern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4711 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-76
Author(s):  
MÓNICA MARIEL ABARCA-ÁVILA ◽  
MARÍA TERESA HERRERA-DORANTES ◽  
IGNACIO WINFIELD ◽  
PEDRO-LUIS ARDISSON
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
North Coast ◽  
The North ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula ◽  
Sublittoral Zone ◽  
Southern Gulf Of Mexico

A taxonomic checklist of sublittoral tanaidaceans from the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, southern Gulf of Mexico, is presented in this study; it includes notes on geographic distribution, habitat, and an identification key. The genus Cacoheterotanais and the species Cacoheterotanais rogerbamberi, Mesokalliapseudes macsweenyi, Pagurotanais largoensis, Parakonarus juliae, and Psammokalliapseudes granulosus have their known distribution range within the Gulf of Mexico expanded, and are considered new records; this increases the number of tanaidacean species to 23 for the southeastern Gulf, and to 87 for the entire Gulf of Mexico. 

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