scholarly journals Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829), Elongate Surgeonfish (Acanthuridae), newly recorded in the Tropical Eastern Pacifi

Check List ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1609-1614
Author(s):  
D. Ross Robertson ◽  
Allison L. Morgan-Estapé ◽  
Carlos J. Estapé
Keyword(s):  
Reef Fish ◽  
Habitat Preference ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Scuba Diving ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Galapagos Archipelago ◽  
Pelagic Habitat ◽  
Recreational Scuba

The reef-fish fauna of the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) includes 12 species of surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae), five of them in the genus Acanthurus. Recent recreational scuba diving at Isla Darwin in the Galapagos archipelago produced photographs of adults of an additional species of Acanthurus, A. mata (Cuvier, 1829), for which there are no previous records in the TEP. This species may have escaped previous notice due to its semi-pelagic habitat preference and its resemblance to Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835, which occurs throughout much of the Galapagos.

scholarly journals Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869), Golden Snapper, range extension to the Galapagos Islands

Check List ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1633-1637
Author(s):  
D. Ross Robertson ◽  
Carol D. Cox ◽  
Robert L. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Marine Fish ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Resident Population ◽  
Recreational Scuba

The well-cataloged marine fish fauna of the Galapagos Islands includes eight of the 12 species of snappers (Lutjanidae) found in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. A recent recreational scuba dive in the Galapagos produced photographs of an additional snapper species, Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869), which was sufficiently common as to likely have a recently established resident population.

Evolutionary history of the reef fish Anisotremus interruptus (Perciformes: Haemulidae) throughout the Tropical Eastern Pacific

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-162
Author(s):  
Paola Nallely Palmerín‐Serrano ◽  
Jose Tavera ◽  
Eduardo Espinoza ◽  
Arturo Angulo ◽  
Juan E. Martínez‐Gómez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reef Fish ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez ◽  
Diana Astorga ◽  
Lenin Cáceres-Farías ◽  
Lisandra Bastidas ◽  
Cynthia Soto Villegas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Samples ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Marine Organisms ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Plastic Debris ◽  
Galapagos Archipelago ◽  
Micro Particles ◽  
Continental Coast

AbstractDetection of plastic debris degrading into micro particles across all oceanic environments and inside of marine organisms is no longer surprising news. Microplastic contamination now appears as one of the world’s environmental main concerns. To determine the levels of microplastic pollution at sea, water samples were collected across a 4000 km-trajectory in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and the Galápagos archipelago, covering an area of 453,000 square kilometres. Furthermore, 240 specimens of 16 different species of fish, squid, and shrimp, all of human consumption, were collected along the continental coast. Microplastic particles were found in 100% of the water samples and marine organisms. Microplastic particles ranging from 150 to 500 µm in size were the most predominant. This is one of the first reports simultaneously detecting and quantifying microplastic particles abundance and their impact on marine organisms of this region.

Unusual reef fish biomass and functional richness at Malpelo, a remote island in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

2016 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan P. Quimbayo ◽  
Thiago C. Mendes ◽  
Michel Kulbicki ◽  
Sergio R. Floeter ◽  
Fernando A. Zapata
Keyword(s):  
Reef Fish ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Fish Biomass ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Functional Richness ◽  
Remote Island

Population-level morphological variation of Anisotremus interruptus (Gill, 1862) (Perciformes: Haemulidae) in the Tropical Eastern Pacific, with the description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4975 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-158
Author(s):  
EDGAR ADRIÁN ACEVEDO-ÁLVAREZ ◽  
GORGONIO RUIZ-CAMPOS ◽  
OMAR DOMÍNGUEZ-DOMÍNGUEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Morphometric Variation ◽  
Galapagos Archipelago ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Revillagigedo Archipelago

The family Haemulidae is a wide-ranging group of marine fishes that are of significant commercial value in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP). Phylogenetic studies on the species Anisotremus interruptus have revealed high levels of genetic diversity as well as divergence among populations in the TEP, which suggests that the taxonomic diversity of A. interruptus could be underestimated. Anisotremus interruptus has a large distribution, ranging from central Baja California, Mexico to northern Peru, including all oceanic islands except Clipperton. Recent genetic studies on this taxon indicate the presence of a species complex of at least three distinctive lineages. We performed a comparative study of the population-level meristic and morphometric variation of A. interruptus in the TEP to evaluate and identify possible morphological features concordant with the genetic differentiation of populations. Our results provide evidence of the presence of two new species of the genus Anisotremus, A. perezponcedeleoni sp. n. from the Revillagigedo Archipelago and A. espinozai sp.n. from Galapagos Archipelago-Cocos Island. 

scholarly journals Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez ◽  
Diana Astorga ◽  
Lenin Cáceres-Farías ◽  
Lisandra Bastidas ◽  
Cynthia Soto Villegas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Samples ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Marine Organisms ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Eastern Tropical Pacific ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Plastic Debris ◽  
Galapagos Archipelago

Abstract It is not surprising anymore the detection of plastic debris degrading into micro and nanoplastics across all oceanic environments and in marine organisms, which now appears as one of the world’s main concerns. To determine the levels of microplastic pollution at sea, water samples were collected across a 4000 km-trajectory in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and the Galápagos archipelago, covering an area of 453,000 square kilometres. Furthermore, 240 specimens of 16 different species of fish, squid, and shrimp, all of human consumption, were collected along the continental coast. Microplastic particles were found in 100% of the water samples and marine organisms. Microplastic particles from 150 – 500 µm were the most predominant. This is one of the first reports simultaneously detecting and quantifying microplastic particles abundance in the Eastern Tropical Pacific region, the Galápagos archipelago and inside marine organisms.

scholarly journals REEF FISH FORAGING ASSOCIATIONS AT MALPELO ISLAND, COLOMBIA (TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC)

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan P Quimbayo ◽  
Fernando A Zapata ◽  
Sergio R Floeter ◽  
Sandra Bessudo ◽  
Ivan Sazima
Keyword(s):  
Reef Fish ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Malpelo Island ◽  
Foraging Associations

Varias especies de animales marinos establecen temporalmente asociaciones de caza interespecíficas, en las cuales especies oportunistas siguen a otras especies llamadas nucleares mientras estas buscan alimento pues disturban el substrato. Este tipo de comportamiento ha sido observado entre algunas especies de peces arrecifales en la isla Malpelo en el Pacífico colombiano. La morena Gymnothorax dovii y el jurel Caranx melampygus fueron identificados como especies nucleares mientras cazaban dentro del sitio conocido como El Arrecife. Estas especies fueron acompañadas por algunos meros Dermatolepis dermatolepis y Mycteroperca olfax, jurel Seriola rivoliana, pez corneta Aulostomus chinensis, la vieja Bodianus diplotaenia y en algunas ocasiones por el jurel Caranx melampygus, que tuvo ambos comportamientos (nuclear/seguidor). Este tipo de interacción alimentaria es un importante componente en la estructura trófica de las comunidades arrecifales que ocurren en todos los mares.

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