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

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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.

Littoral Maeridae and Melitidae (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) from the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2623 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARÍA DEL SOCORRO GARCÍA-MADRIGAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
New Records ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
The North ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Gulf Of Tehuantepec

In the Tropical Eastern Pacific region, the gammaridean amphipods of the families Maeridae and Melitidae are represented by 28 species and 11 genera; the genus Elasmopus is the richest, with 13 species. The examination of approximately 3,250 specimens resulted in 12 new records from the Gulf of Tehuantepec, belonging to four genera, Elasmopus, Maera, Quadrimaera and Melita. All species are illustrated and described. Seven new species are described as: Elasmopus bastidai n. sp., Elasmopus karlae n. sp., Elasmopus lecroyae n. sp., Elasmopus marcelae n. sp., Elasmopus oaxaquensis n. sp., Maera umarae n. sp., and Melita bousfieldi n. sp. With these new species the genus Elasmopus from the Tropical Eastern Pacific is increased to 18 species that corroborates the hypothesis of Barnard (1979) “on the Pacific there are (sic) a mark of speciation of genus Elasmopus”. In addition, there are five new records from the Gulf of Tehuantepec: three species of Elasmopus and two of Quadrimaera. Also, the range distribution of Elasmopus temori Barnard and E. zoanthidea Barnard, is increased to the north from the Galapagos Islands to the Gulf of Tehuantepec; for E. tubar Barnard, Quadrimaera chinarra Barnard, and Q. reishi Barnard, there are new intermediate records between the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands. With the exception of the species of Quadrimaera, all known species represent the second record in the region after their first descriptions.

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

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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.

Reef coral reproduction in the eastern Pacific: Costa Rica, Panamá, and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). II. Poritidae

1994 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. W. Glynn ◽  
S. B. Colley ◽  
C. M. Eakin ◽  
D. B. Smith ◽  
J. Cortés ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Reef Coral ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Coral Reproduction
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