New and Previously Overlooked Records of Several Fish Species from the Marine Waters of New York

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-133
Author(s):  
Jeremy J. Wright ◽  
Robert E Schmidt ◽  
Bryan R. Weatherwax
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Philip T. Briggs ◽  
John R. Waldman

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. N1-N3
Author(s):  
Robert E. Schmidt ◽  
Jeremy J. Wright

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Y. Stoeckle ◽  
Mithun Das Mishu ◽  
Zachary Charlop-Powers

AbstractHere we describe GoFish, a streamlined environmental DNA (eDNA) presence/absence assay. The assay amplifies a 12S segment with broad-range vertebrate primers, followed by nested PCR with M13-tailed, species-specific primers. Sanger sequencing confirms positives detected by gel electrophoresis. We first obtained 12S sequences from 77 fish specimens representing 36 northwestern Atlantic taxa not well documented in GenBank. Using the newly obtained and published 12S records, we designed GoFish assays for 11 bony fish species common in the lower Hudson River estuary and tested seasonal abundance and habitat preference at two sites. Additional assays detected nine cartilaginous fish species and a marine mammal, bottlenose dolphin, in southern New York Bight. GoFish sensitivity was equivalent to Illumina MiSeq metabarcoding. Unlike quantitative PCR (qPCR), GoFish does not require tissues of target and related species for assay development and a basic thermal cycler is sufficient. Unlike Illumina metabarcoding, indexing and batching samples are unnecessary and advanced bioinformatics expertise is not needed. The assay can be carried out from water collection to result in three days. The main limitations so far are species with shared target sequences and inconsistent amplification of rarer eDNAs. We think this approach will be a useful addition to current eDNA methods when analyzing presence/absence of known species, when turnaround time is important, and in educational settings.


2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 1128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren J. Veale ◽  
Peter G. Coulson ◽  
Norman G. Hall ◽  
Ian C. Potter

The biological characteristics of a marine and macrophyte-associated species (Pelates octolineatus) in a large microtidal, eutrophic estuary in 2008–10 were determined. Comparisons are made with those of individuals remaining in coastal waters and during two earlier periods in the estuary when plant biomass differed markedly. P. octolineatus start entering the Peel–Harvey Estuary in mid-summer, soon after metamorphosis, with many remaining there until autumn when they are ~15 months old. These individuals, and older fish that re-entered the estuary in summer, then return to the sea where they spawn from late spring to early summer. Most P. octolineatus in the estuary were less than or equal to the length at maturity and all were <4 years old, whereas individuals up to 10 years old were caught in coastal embayments, emphasising that the estuary acts mainly as a nursery for this terapontid. Growth in the estuary was seasonal and peaked earlier and was greater than in marine waters. Abundance of P. octolineatus in the estuary was greater in 2008–10 and 1980–81 than in 1996–97, when macrophytes were less abundant. The results demonstrate how a marine estuarine-opportunist can benefit from using both estuaries and coastal waters as a nursery area and capitalise on variations in environmental conditions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 219-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R. Fernandes ◽  
D. Mortimer ◽  
M. Holmes ◽  
M. Rose ◽  
L. Zhihua ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 8036 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bijukumar ◽  
Rajeev Raghavan

<p>A checklist of the fishes of Kerala State is presented, along with their scientific and common names (English and Malayalam), endemism, IUCN Red List status, listing under different Schedules of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act and in the Appendices of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES). Nine Hundred and five species of fishes are recorded from the inland and marine waters of Kerala comprising of 41 orders and 172 families. Close to 30% of the freshwater fish species found in Kerala are endemic to the State. Only 8% of the total fishes of Kerala are listed as threatened in the IUCN Red List, of which the majority are freshwater species. Several hundred fish species occurring in the marine waters of Kerala have not yet been assessed for their conservation status by IUCN. </p><div> </div>


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