New Records of Lymphocystis Disease in Four Eastern Pacific Fish Species

1971 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 1809-1810 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. McCosker ◽  
Ross F. Nigrelli
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
New Records ◽  
Viral Disease ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Lymphocystis Disease ◽  
Spontaneous Infection

Four new records of lymphocystis viral disease are described for gobiid and diodontid fishes. Spontaneous infection was found in Diodon holocanthus and Gobiosoma paradoxum from the Gulf of Panamá and in Gillichthys seta from the upper Gulf of California. Infection was intragenerically transferred to Diodon hystrix in a cohabitation experiment.

List of coastal fishes of Islas Marías archipelago, Mexico, with comments on taxonomic composition, biogeography, and abundance

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2985 (1) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRAD E. ERISMAN ◽  
GRANTLY R. GALLAND ◽  
ISMAEL MASCAREÑAS ◽  
JERRY MOXLEY ◽  
H. J. WALKER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Taxonomic Composition ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Coastal Fish ◽  
Northeast Pacific ◽  
The Pacific

The first comprehensive list of 318 coastal fish species recorded from the Islas Marías Archipelago, Mexico, was compiled from recent fieldwork, archival museum collections, and literature references. The jacks (Carangidae, 18 species) and the labrisomid blennies (Labrisomidae, 16) were the most speciose families. Most recorded species occur throughout the tropical eastern Pacific (160 species), while a significant proportion have wider ranges in the eastern Pacific (39), eastern Pacific and Indo-Pacific (39), eastern Pacific and Atlantic (3), or are circumtropical (39) in distribution. Three species occur in the Northeast Pacific, twenty-five are endemic to the Pacific coasts of Mexico, five are endemic to the Gulf of California, and three are endemic to Islas Marías. Cephalopholis panamensis (Epinephelidae), Epinephelus labriformis (Epinephelidae), Mulloidichthys dentatus (Mullidae), Stegastes flavilatus (Pomacentridae), Acanthurus xanthopterus (Acanthuridae), Pseudobalistes naufragium (Tetraodontidae), and Sufflamen verres (Tetraodontidae) were the dominant conspicuous species observed during underwater surveys in 2010. The absence or low abundance of commercially valuable shark, ray, and grouper species throughout the archipelago is discussed.

scholarly journals Adaptive capacity of reef-associated fishes to Climate Change

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Abas ◽  
Hector Reyes-Bonilla
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Reef Fishes ◽  
Marine Conservation ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Tropical Region

Climate change is affecting the structure and function of marine communities in the eastern Pacific, and to anticipate possible consequences of these modifications, a better understanding of the natural adaptation potential of the species is needed. This study aimed to build a metric of adaptive capacity of reef fishes, and evaluate it using data from fish assemblages from 12 rocky and coral reefs of western Mexico. The index was developed using six life history traits from 719 fish-species distributed along the tropical Eastern Pacific. Our results indicated low adaptive capacity for big sized carnivore fish such as the tunas, totoaba and most groupers (Mycteroperca spp.); conversely, high values were attributed to species with fast life strategies such as anchovies, gobies, and blennies. The application of the index to census data showed that the adaptive potential of fish assemblages had an inverse latitudinal trend (higher in the southern reefs), resulting from the abundance of large-sized carnivores in the central and northern Gulf of California, and of small herbivores in the tropical region. As the index allows to estimate reef-fish species and communities' adaptive capacity in a straightforward and simple way, it may be a useful tool for marine conservation.

scholarly journals Adaptive capacity of reef-associated fishes to Climate Change

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Abas ◽  
Hector Reyes-Bonilla
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Reef Fishes ◽  
Marine Conservation ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Tropical Region

Climate change is affecting the structure and function of marine communities in the eastern Pacific, and to anticipate possible consequences of these modifications, a better understanding of the natural adaptation potential of the species is needed. This study aimed to build a metric of adaptive capacity of reef fishes, and evaluate it using data from fish assemblages from 12 rocky and coral reefs of western Mexico. The index was developed using six life history traits from 719 fish-species distributed along the tropical Eastern Pacific. Our results indicated low adaptive capacity for big sized carnivore fish such as the tunas, totoaba and most groupers (Mycteroperca spp.); conversely, high values were attributed to species with fast life strategies such as anchovies, gobies, and blennies. The application of the index to census data showed that the adaptive potential of fish assemblages had an inverse latitudinal trend (higher in the southern reefs), resulting from the abundance of large-sized carnivores in the central and northern Gulf of California, and of small herbivores in the tropical region. As the index allows to estimate reef-fish species and communities' adaptive capacity in a straightforward and simple way, it may be a useful tool for marine conservation.

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.

New records of decapod crustaceans in the eastern Pacific

Crustaceana ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 603-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel E. Hendrickx ◽  
Mary K. Wicksten
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of California ◽  
New Records ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Decapod Crustaceans ◽  
First Time

New records are provided for four species of decapod crustaceans in the eastern Pacific. Hymenopenaeus nereus (Faxon, 1893) was collected further north and further from the coast than previously known. The distribution of Heterocarpus hostilis Faxon, 1893 is extended from off Panama to off Mexico. Parhippolyte cavernicola Wicksten, 1996, previously known only from the type locality in the Gulf of California, Mexico, has been found in a cave in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Moloha faxoni (Schmitt, 1921) is reported for the first time within the Gulf of California, Mexico.

New records and range extension of three fish species in the Gulf of California

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 1625-1629 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. González-Acosta ◽  
M. I. Miranda-Marín ◽  
J. De la Cruz-Torres ◽  
G. Ruiz-Campos
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
New Records ◽  
Range Extension

scholarly journals Adaptive capacity of reef-associated fishes to Climate Change

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Abas ◽  
Hector Reyes-Bonilla
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Reef Fishes ◽  
Marine Conservation ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Tropical Region

Climate change is affecting the structure and function of marine communities in the eastern Pacific, and to anticipate possible consequences of these modifications, a better understanding of the natural adaptation potential of the species is needed. This study aimed to build a metric of adaptive capacity of reef fishes, and evaluate it using data from fish assemblages from 12 rocky and coral reefs of the western Mexico. The index was developed using six life history traits from 719 fish-species distributed along the tropical Eastern Pacific. Our results indicated low adaptive capacity for big sized carnivore fish such as the tunas, totoaba and most groupers (Mycteroperca spp.); conversely, high values were attributed to species with fast life strategies such as anchovies, gobies, and blennies. The application of the index to census data showed that the adaptive potential of fish assemblages had an inverse latitudinal trend (higher in the southern reefs), resulting from the abundance of large-sized carnivores in the central and northern Gulf of California, and of small herbivores in the tropical region. As the index allows to estimate reef-fish species and communities' adaptive capacity in a straightforward and simple way, it may be a useful tool for marine conservation. conservation.

scholarly journals Cadmium, Lead, Copper, Zinc, and Iron Concentration Patterns in Three Marine Fish Species from Two Different Mining Sites inside the Gulf of California, Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 844
Author(s):  
Elisa Serviere-Zaragoza ◽  
Salvador E. Lluch-Cota ◽  
Alejandra Mazariegos-Villarreal ◽  
Eduardo F. Balart ◽  
Hugo Valencia-Valdez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Iron Concentration ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Metal Concentrations ◽  
Mining Sites ◽  
Copper Zinc ◽  
Cadmium Lead

In the Gulf of California; mineral deposits have contributed to high metal contents in coastal environments. This study examined cadmium; lead; copper; zinc; and iron contents in three fish species; Kyphosus vaigiensis (herbivore), Stegastes rectifraenum (omnivore), and Balistes polylepis (carnivore) at two mining sites. Metal concentrations were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry and stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes were estimated using mass spectrophotometry. Also, we assessed the risk to human health from the consumption of these three species based on permissible limits; although only two of them (Kyphosus and Balistes) are consumed as food. Metal concentrations differed among fish species; except for iron. The highest concentrations of metals were not always recorded in the species at the highest trophic level; i.e., Balistes. The highest concentrations (dry weight) recorded were cadmium (0.21 ± 0.03 µg g−1) and lead (1.67 ± 0.26 µg g−1), in S. rectifraenum; copper (1.60 ± 0.49 µg g−1) and zinc (67.30 ± 8.79 µg g−1), in B. polylepis; and iron (27.06 ± 2.58 µg g−1), in K. vaigiensis. Our findings show that each element accumulates differently in particular marine organisms; depending on the physiology of the species and the biogeochemistry of its habitat; which in turn is affected by the anthropogenic activities in adjacent areas. No risk of heavy metals toxicity is expected from the human consumption of the species and sites studied

New record of the deep water Epimeria morronei Winfield, Ortiz & Hendrickx (Amphipoda, Gammaridea, Epimeriidae) in the east Pacific

Crustaceana ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 87 (14) ◽  
pp. 1699-1703
Author(s):  
Michel E. Hendrickx ◽  
Ignacio Winfield ◽  
Manolo Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
East Pacific

New records for the deep-water amphipod Epimeria morronei Winfield, Ortiz & Hendrickx, 2012, are presented for the eastern Pacific. Also, new data related to its depth range and environmental conditions are given.

scholarly journals Pisces, Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae, Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske and Géry, 1999, Hyphessobrycon balbus Myers, 1927 and Oligosarcus planaltinae Menezes and Géry, 1983: new records in Distrito Federal, Central Brazil

Check List ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro De Podestà Uchôa de Aquino ◽  
Thiago Belisário d'Araújo Couto
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Freshwater Fish Species ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Distrito Federal ◽  
Santa Maria

Herein we present new records of three freshwater fish species (Hasemania crenuchoides, Hyphessobrycon balbus and Oligosarcus planaltinae) considered restricted to Central Brazil and previously known only for the upper Rio São Bartolomeu sub-basin. Our data expand their range to other sub-basins in the Distrito Federal, including Sobradinho, Bananal, Santa Maria-Torto, Gama and Ribeirão Santana sub-basins.

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