First record of the white-eye goby, Bollmannia boqueronensis (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobiidae) along the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (Gulf of Mexico)

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rigoberto Moreno-Mendoza ◽  
Carlos Gonzalez-Salas ◽  
Alfonso Aguilar-Perera ◽  
Alfredo Gallardo-Torres ◽  
Nuno Simoes
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
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.

Marine red algae (Rhodophyta) of economic use in the algal drifts from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 387 (3) ◽  
pp. 219 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARÍA LUISA NÚÑEZ RESENDIZ ◽  
KURT M. DRECKMANN ◽  
ABEL SENTÍES ◽  
MICHAEL J. WYNNE ◽  
HILDA LEÓN TEJERA
Keyword(s):  
Red Algae ◽  
New Records ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula ◽  
Red Algal ◽  
Economic Use

Red algae are the most conspicuous component in algal drifts that periodically arrive on the coasts of the Yucatan Peninsula. Given the presence of agars and carrageenans in their cell wall and the synthesis of secondary metabolites that act as antitumors or antioxidants, most of these species are highly valued in the international market. However, in this region of Mexico they are not used but represent a problem of waste from beaches. Our aim was to determine the composition of marine red algae of economic use in the algal drifts of the Yucatan Peninsula, providing brief descriptions, photographs that facilitate their identification and possible explanations for their causes and routes of origin. 13 samplings were carried out at 14 sites, collecting fresh and complete thalli from which the species of economic importance were described. 24 species distributed in six orders and seven families were identified. The most abundant families for both the number of species and the amount of biomass were Gracilariaceae (10 species), Rhodomelaceae (6 species) and Solieriaceae (3 species). The localities with the greatest diversity and biomass were those belonging to Campeche: Sabancuy (11 species), Punta Xen (14 species), Tortuga Bay (13 species) and Playa Bonita (13 species). From the present study we contributed six new records endemic to Campeche, including the first record of the genus Codiophyllum for the Western Atlantic Ocean. Our data on diversity, biomass, periodicity and growth rates of red algal drifts allow us to suggest that the Campeche and Yucatan drifts are a sustainable source of raw material.

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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