A5078928734- Marine and fisheries research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
Nautilus (United States)
2017-2020
The hamlets (Hypoplectrus spp., Teleostei: Serranidae) are a group of small predatory reef-associated fishes endemic to the tropical northwestern Atlantic that characterized by an exceptionally high diversification rate. Currently 18 species recognized, with seven described or redescribed in last 14 years. Here, we describe Campeche Bank hamlet, Hypoplectrus espinosai sp. nov. As indicated its common name, this is distributed throughout southwest Gulf Mexico. differs from two similar...
Data on marine and brackish-water fishes recorded in the area of Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano southwest Gulf Mexico were extracted from online aggregators georeferenced location records, recent ichthyological literature reviewed, collections observations made to provide a more complete faunal inventory for that park. Those actions added 95 species comprehensive published 2013, brought total 472 species, an increase 22%. Seventy-four percent additions came which clearly...
The US Virgin Islands (USVI) include St. John and Thomas on the Puerto Rican Platform (PRP) Croix, isolated by 2000 m deep water 45 km south of that platform. Previous inventories marine fishes these islands a comprehensive 2014 checklist Croix list PRP produced in 2000. latter noted locations many records plateau’s fishes, allowing construction combined inventory for Thomas. Those two are treated here as single faunal unit because they only 3.5 apart shared shallow shelf with various islets...
Sint Eustatius (Statia) is a 21 km 2 island situated in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The most recent published sources of information on that island’s marine fish fauna two non-governmental organization reports from 2015–17 related to formation reserve. species-list 2017 report was based field research 2013–15 using SCUBA diving surveys, shallow “baited underwater video surveys” (BRUVs), and data fishery surveys scientific collections over preceding century. That checklist comprised 304...