Genetic analysis of red lionfish Pterois volitans from Florida, USA leads to alternative North Atlantic introduction scenarios

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
ME Hunter ◽  
CE Beaver ◽  
NA Johnson ◽  
EK Bors ◽  
AA Mignucci-Giannoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Analysis ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Pterois Volitans ◽  
Red Lionfish

scholarly journals The invasive red lionfish, Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758), in the southwestern Caribbean Sea

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 507-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana González ◽  
Marcela Grijalba-Bendeck ◽  
Arturo Acero ◽  
Ricardo Betancur-R.
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Pterois Volitans ◽  
Red Lionfish

scholarly journals First records of the red lionfish (Pterois volitans) in Martinique, French West Indies: monitoring invasion status through visual surveys

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewan Trégarot ◽  
Marine Fumaroli ◽  
Alexandre Arqué ◽  
Claire Hellio ◽  
Jean-Philippe Maréchal
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Pterois Volitans ◽  
French West Indies ◽  
Red Lionfish

scholarly journals Abundance estimates of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans/miles complex in the Western North Atlantic

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula E. Whitfield ◽  
Jonathan A. Hare ◽  
Andrew W. David ◽  
Stacey L. Harter ◽  
Roldan C. Muñoz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Pterois Volitans ◽  
Abundance Estimates

Second reply to the comment by Romero and Kannada on “Genetic analysis of 16th-century whale bones prompts a revision of the impact of Basque whaling on right and bowhead whales in the western North Atlantic”Appears in Can. J. Zool. 84(7): 1059–1065.

2008 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff W. Higdon
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Analysis ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Bowhead Whales ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
The North ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Of ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
The Impact

The comments by A. Romero and S. Kannada (2006. Can. J. Zool. 84: 1059–1065) provide a brief summary of North Atlantic whaling history as a critique of T. Rastogi et al. (2004. Can. J. Zool. 82: 1647–1654) . However, they fall far short of providing an accurate review of whaling history in this region. The authors present a number of factual errors, misuse several key sources, and make significant omissions, ultimately defeating the purpose of providing information to biologists, managers, and historians. In this comment I highlight the mistakes in their representation of the history of North Atlantic whaling for bowhead whales ( Balaena mysticetus L., 1758). There are unacceptable errors for most nations covered, and for American whaling in particular. The authors assert that over 30 000 bowhead whales were landed by Yankee whalers in the North Atlantic when the vast majority were in fact taken on the Pacific grounds. Although a summary of whaling history is an admirable goal and of potential value, it is unfortunate that the authors missed such an opportunity by failing to adequately research this topic, failing to include important citations, and by including sources that do not provide the information indicated. Providing a whaling summary with such errors and omissions only adds further confusion to an already confusing theme.

Dermal modifications of the red lionfish, Pterois volitans

2020 ◽  
Vol 333 (9) ◽  
pp. 637-643
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Galloway ◽  
Delaney J. Frazier ◽  
Marianne E. Porter
Keyword(s):  
Pterois Volitans ◽  
Red Lionfish

scholarly journals Comment on “Genetic analysis of 16th-century whale bones prompts a revision of the impact of Basque whaling on right and bowhead whales in the western North Atlantic”

2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (7) ◽  
pp. 1059-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldemaro Romero ◽  
Shelly Kannada
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Analysis ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Bowhead Whale ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Bowhead Whales ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Red Bay ◽  
The Impact

Rastogi et al. presented their genetic analysis of 16th-century whale bones found on a Basque whaling ship excavated from Red Bay, Labrador Peninsula, Canada. Based on the results from a very small sample, these authors concluded that whaling populations were already depleted before the onset of whaling. This is in direct contradiction to historical data. They also implied that the Basques were the only Europeans whaling in the North Atlantic before the onset of Yankee whaling and that there was a belief that Basque whalers historically killed equal numbers of right and bowhead whales. Here we present data based on historical and archaeological records generated by several authors using different methodologies, which clearly show that (i) Basques were not the only whalers that impacted cetacean populations in the North Atlantic; (ii) the number of whales killed by different peoples for approximately two centuries indicates that both right and bowhead whale population levels were much higher than typically assumed; and (iii) for many years there have been records published indicating that the Basques and others killed more bowhead whales than right whales, at least in the western North Atlantic.

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