Origine Et Dynamique De L'endémisme Chez Les Poissons De Récifs

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Origine Et Dynamique De L'endémisme Chez Les Poissons De Récifs THÈSE DE DOCTORAT DE L’ UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE Spécialité : Ecologie moléculaire et génétique évolutive École doctorale des Sciences de l’Environnement (ED 129) Pour l’obtention du grade de Docteur de l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie Origine et dynamique de l’endémisme chez les poissons de récifs coralliens en Polynésie française Erwan DELRIEU-TROTTIN sous la direction de Serge PLANES USR 3278 CNRS - EPHE CRIOBE Présentée et soutenue publiquement le 17 juin 2013 Devant le jury composé de : Sophie ARNAUD-HAOND Cadre de Recherche Ifremer Examinateur Giacomo BERNARDI Professeur University of California Rapporteur Pierre CHEVALDONNE Directeur de Recherche CNRS Examinateur Claudie DOUMS Maitre de Conférence EPHE Examinateur Serge PLANES Directeur d’étude CNRS - EPHE Directeur Sarah SAMADI Professeur MNHN Rapporteur ii Table des matières Remerciements xiii 1 Introduction générale1 1.1 La spéciation ............................ 6 1.2 L’endémisme ............................ 7 1.3 Evolution des hypothèses sur l’endémisme .......... 7 1.3.1 L’hypothèse « Age and Area » ............. 8 1.3.2 L’hypothèse de l’Endémisme Relictuel . 8 1.3.3 Gene pool – Niche interaction hypothese . 9 1.3.4 Synthèse .......................... 9 1.4 Endémisme : Facteurs évolutifs . 10 1.4.1 Endémisme et niche écologique . 11 1.4.2 Endémisme et génétique . 13 1.5 Endémisme et rareté ....................... 14 1.6 Obectif général de la thèse .................... 15 1.7 Choix du modèle d’étude .................... 16 1.7.1 Lieu d’étude : la Polynésie Française . 16 1.7.2 Modèle d’étude : les poissons de récifs coralliens . 19 1.7.3 Connectivité des populations marines . 20 1.8 Objectif détaillé de la thèse .................... 22 2 Matériel et Méthodes 25 2.1 Stratégie d’échantillonnage ................... 27 2.2 Outils moléculaires utilisés ................... 28 2.2.1 Marqueurs mitochondriaux . 29 2.2.2 Marqueurs nucléaires . 30 2.3 Méthodes d’analyse génétique . 30 2.3.1 Reconstructions phylogénétiques . 31 iii iv TABLE DES MATIÈRES 2.3.2 Réseaux phylogénétiques d’haplotypes . 33 2.3.3 Analyse de la diversité génétique . 34 3 New species of coral reef fishes 37 3.1 Introduction ............................ 39 3.2 Material and methods ...................... 40 3.3 Canthigaster criobe new species and Canthigaster axiologus . 41 3.4 Plectranthias flammeus new species and Plectranthias nanus . 48 3.5 Pseudanthias oumati new species . 51 3.6 Conclusions ............................ 55 4 Endemism of reef fishes in French Polynesia: patterns and pro- cesses 57 4.1 Introduction ............................ 59 4.2 Materials & Methods ....................... 61 4.2.1 Selection of Taxa and Distributional Database . 61 4.2.2 Molecular analyses .................... 61 4.3 Results ............................... 63 4.3.1 Distribution patterns ................... 63 4.3.2 Dating speciation ..................... 68 4.4 Discussion ............................. 71 4.5 Acknowledgements ........................ 75 5 Genetic diversity of coral reef fishes and endemism 77 5.1 Introduction ............................ 79 5.2 Materials & Methods ....................... 81 5.3 Results ............................... 84 5.4 Discussion ............................. 90 5.5 Acknowledgements ........................ 94 6 Demographic history of two reef fish fauna in a center of ende- mism 95 6.1 Introduction ............................ 97 6.2 Materials & Methods ....................... 99 6.2.1 Specimen collection ................... 99 6.2.2 DNA extraction, amplification and sequencing . 100 6.2.3 DNA analysis . 100 6.2.4 Demographic history . 101 TABLE DES MATIÈRES v 6.3 Results ............................... 102 6.3.1 Genetic diversity..................... 102 6.3.2 Population demography . 105 6.4 Discussion............................. 112 6.5 Acknowledgements........................ 117 6.6 Supplementary materials . 117 7 Discussion générale et perspectives 135 7.1 Principaux résultats . 138 7.2 Synthèse .............................. 151 7.3 Limites & Perspectives . 154 Bibliographie 157 A Articles réalisés durant la thèse 187 B Participation à des congrès 221 C Fiches sur les espèces endémiques 223 C.1 Marquises ............................. 227 C.2 Gambier .............................. 273 C.3 Australes .............................. 275 C.4 Rapa ................................ 283 C.5 Gambier et Australes . 289 C.6 Gambier et Marquises . 299 vi TABLE DES MATIÈRES Table des figures 1.1 Carte de la Polynésie Française avec les différents archipels qui la composent : La Société à l’Ouest, les Australes au Sud- Ouest, les Marquises au Nord-Est et les Gambier au Sud-Est. 17 2.1 Introns et polymorphisme de taille. Test de 6 couples d’a- morces amplifiant différents introns (Gpd2, AldoB1, GnRH 3.1, GnRH 3.3 et S7) sur 2 individus de 6 espèces différentes à chaque fois : Stegastes emeryi, Stegastes fasciolatus, Chromis bami, Chromis agilis, Chrisiptera galba, Chrisiptera glauca . 31 3.1 Top: Canthigaster sp. nov., 38.7 mm SL (photo: J.T. Williams); Bottom left:Canthigaster janthinoptera, 50.6 mm SL (photo: J.T. Williams); Bottom right: Canthigaster jactator (photo: Keoki Stender) .............................. 42 3.2 Canthigaster cf. axiologus, 73.9 mm SL from Gambier archipe- lago (photo: J.T. Williams). .................... 43 3.3 Neighbor-Joining tree based on K2P model of sequence evo- lution (with 1,000 bootstrap replicates) for the subfamily Can- thigasterinae, with Arothron meleagris as the outgroup . 46 3.4 Plectranthias sp. nov., 21 mm SL. (Photo: J.T. Williams) . 48 3.5 Plectranthias cf. nanus from Marquesas, 27 mm SL. (Photo: J.T. Williams) ............................ 49 3.6 Neighbor-Joining tree based on K2P model of sequence evo- lution (with 1,000 bootstrap replicates) for the Plectranthias genus ................................ 50 3.7 Pseudanthias sp. nov., 57 mm SL. (Photo: J.T. Williams) . 52 vii viii TABLE DES FIGURES 3.8 Neighbor-Joining tree based on K2P model of sequence evo- lution (with 1,000 bootstrap replicates) for the Pseudanthias genus................................. 54 4.1 Number of endemic species per family and their distribution. 67 4.2 Relative proportions of the pairs’ distribution . 68 4.3 Datation estimates of the divergence of endemic species, dis- tribution of their close relatives and archipelago from where species are endemic from. The blue vertical dotted line re- port that Marquesas have begun to surface 5.5 MYA, the red dotted one is for Gambier (8 MYA), and the black dotted one is for Australs (12 MYA). ..................... 70 5.1 Sampling sites and number of species per family collected. [widespread species / Large range endemic species / Small range endemic species]. Ac. for Acanthuridae, Apo. for Apogonidae, Chaet. for Chaetodontidae, Pom. for Poma- centridae, and Serr. for Serranidae . 82 5.2 Plots of haplotype diversity (Hd) and nucleotide diversity (π) for widespread and endemic species and for large range en- demic species, small range endemic species and widepread species. ............................... 87 5.3 Plots of haplotype diversity (a) and nucleotide diversity (b) in endemic species vs. their widespread congeners. Number in superscript refer to pairs of species (Table 5.1). The line represents the portion of the graph where endemic and wi- despread congeners have the same levels of genetic diversity. 88 5.4 Multivariate Regression Tree of normalized haplotype diver- sity (HdN) and nucleotide diversity (PiN). Predictor varia- bles were the archipelago (Gambier, Marquesas, Hawai’i), the range of distribution (endemic or widespread), the type of endemism (small range endemic, large range endemic, or widespread), the family (Acanthuridae, Apogonidae, Chae- todontidae, Pomacentridae, Serranidae), the type of eggs (pe- lagic or benthic spawners) and the history of species. Length of branches is proportionate to the explained variance. 89 TABLE DES FIGURES ix 6.1 Coalescent events or each divergence rate applied to each mitochondrial marker (COI and cyt b) . 109 6.2 Coalescence estimate by archipelago (a) and by family (b) using 2% rates of divergence for cytochrome b and 1% rate of divergence for cytochrome C oxydase subunit 1 . 110 6.3 Coalescent event for each species using the two types of mar- kers: nuclear ones (gold) and mitochondrial ones (black). Small range endemic species are in dark gray, large range en- demic species are in light gray and Widespread species are in white. .............................. 111 6.4 Extended Bayesian Skyline Plot fr a) Plectroglyphidodon sag- marius and Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus, b) Epinephelus irro- ratus and Epinephelus fasciatus, c) Chromis bami and Chromis agilis, d) Chrysiptera galba and Chrysiptera glauca, e) Pectrogly- phidodon lacrymatus . 118 6.5 Extended Bayesian Skyline Plot fr f) Stegastes emeryi and Ste- gastes fasciolatus, g) Pseudogramma xanthum and Pseudogramma polyacanthum, h) Abudefduf conformis and Abudefduf sordidus, i) Acanthurus reversus and Acanthurus nigricans, j) Chromis ab- rupta ................................ 119 6.6 Extended Bayesian Skyline Plot fr j) Chaetodon declivis and Chaetodon citrinellus, k) Chromis flavapicis and Dascyllus stras- burgi, l) Ostorinchus relativus and Pterapogon kallopterus, m) Acanthurus reversus and Acanthurus nigricans, n) Chromis fa- tuhivae ............................... 120 6.7 Pairwise mismatch distributions and Rogers’ model of sud- den population expansion (simulated) for each species, for each marker: a: COI,
Recommended publications
  • Life History Compendium of Exploited Hawaiian Fishes
    Life History Compendium of Exploited Hawaiian Fishes Prepared for Fisheries Local Action Strategy and Division of Aquatic Resources Prepared by K. Longenecker Hawai‘i Biological Survey Bishop Museum 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817 R. Langston Windward Community College 45-720 Keahaala Road Kaneohe, Hawai‘i 96744 July 2008 1 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 3 METHODS ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Description of life history parameters: ....................................................................................... 4 RESULTS ....................................................................................................................................... 6 HOLOCENTRIDAE ................................................................................................................... 7 Myripristis amaena (Castelnau, 1873) [3] .............................................................................. 7 Sargocentron diadema (Lacepède, 1802) [13] ..................................................................... 10 CARANGIDAE ........................................................................................................................ 13 Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) [17] ................................................................................. 13 Caranx melampygus
    [Show full text]
  • Langston R and H Spalding. 2017
    A survey of fishes associated with Hawaiian deep-water Halimeda kanaloana (Bryopsidales: Halimedaceae) and Avrainvillea sp. (Bryopsidales: Udoteaceae) meadows Ross C. Langston1 and Heather L. Spalding2 1 Department of Natural Sciences, University of Hawai`i- Windward Community College, Kane`ohe,¯ HI, USA 2 Department of Botany, University of Hawai`i at Manoa,¯ Honolulu, HI, USA ABSTRACT The invasive macroalgal species Avrainvillea sp. and native species Halimeda kanaloana form expansive meadows that extend to depths of 80 m or more in the waters off of O`ahu and Maui, respectively. Despite their wide depth distribution, comparatively little is known about the biota associated with these macroalgal species. Our primary goals were to provide baseline information on the fish fauna associated with these deep-water macroalgal meadows and to compare the abundance and diversity of fishes between the meadow interior and sandy perimeters. Because both species form structurally complex three-dimensional canopies, we hypothesized that they would support a greater abundance and diversity of fishes when compared to surrounding sandy areas. We surveyed the fish fauna associated with these meadows using visual surveys and collections made with clove-oil anesthetic. Using these techniques, we recorded a total of 49 species from 25 families for H. kanaloana meadows and surrounding sandy areas, and 28 species from 19 families for Avrainvillea sp. habitats. Percent endemism was 28.6% and 10.7%, respectively. Wrasses (Family Labridae) were the most speciose taxon in both habitats (11 and six species, respectively), followed by gobies for H. kanaloana (six Submitted 18 November 2016 species). The wrasse Oxycheilinus bimaculatus and cardinalfish Apogonichthys perdix Accepted 13 April 2017 were the most frequently-occurring species within the H.
    [Show full text]
  • Volume 19 Winter 2002 the Coral Hind, Lapu Lapu, Or Miniata
    FREE ISSN 1045-3520 Volume 19 Winter 2002 Introducing a Zonal Based Natural Photo by Robert Fenner Filtration System for Reef Aquariums by Steve Tyree Quite a few natural based filtration systems have been devised by reef aquarists and scientists in the past twenty years. Some systems utilized algae to remove organic and inorganic pollutants from the reef aquarium; others utilized sediment beds. The natural filtration system that I have been researching and designing is drastically different from both of these types. No external algae are used. I believe that all the algae a functional reef requires are already growing in the reef, even if they are not apparent. They include micro-algae, turf algae, coralline algae, single-cell algae within photosynthetic corals, and cyanobacteria with photosynthetic capabilities. Most of the systems that I have set up to research this concept have not included sediment beds. All organic matter and pollutants are recycled and processed within the system by macro-organisms. Sediment beds have not been utilized to process excess Miniata Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata organic debris, but that does not prevent other aquarists from adding them. The main concept behind my system is the use of living sponges, sea squirts, and filter feeders for filtration. Sponges consume bacteria, can reach about twenty inches in length in the wild, and dissolved and colloidal organic material, micro-plankton, The Coral Hind, Lapu about half that in captivity. It is undoubtedly the most and fine particulate matter. Sea squirts consume large Lapu, or Miniata prized member of the genus for the aquarium trade.
    [Show full text]
  • Systématique Et Ecologie Des Crustacés Décapodes Et Stomatopodes De Polynésie Française Joseph Poupin
    Systématique et Ecologie des Crustacés Décapodes et Stomatopodes de Polynésie Française Joseph Poupin To cite this version: Joseph Poupin. Systématique et Ecologie des Crustacés Décapodes et Stomatopodes de Polynésie Française. Ecologie, Environnement. Université de Perpignan, 2005. tel-00085049 HAL Id: tel-00085049 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00085049 Submitted on 11 Jul 2006 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Université de Perpignan - Faculté des Sciences Mémoire présenté par Joseph Poupin à L’Université de Perpignan Pour l’obtention d’une Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches Titre Systématique et Ecologie des Crustacés Décapodes et Stomatopodes de Polynésie Française. Soutenance effectuée le mercredi 25 mai 2005 à l’Institut de Recherche de l’Ecole Navale Composition du jury : • Claramunt Christophe, examinateur • Galzin René, rapporteur • Hily Christian, rapporteur • Lemaitre Rafael, examinateur • Van Wormoudth Alain, rapporteur Mémoire accompagné d’un fascicule séparé sur les Travaux et Perspectives de Recherche de Mr. POUPIN (56 pp, 17 figs). A l’issue de la soutenance, le 25 mai 2005, l’Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches a été attribuée au candidat. Version du mémoire corrigée suivant les recommandations du jury.
    [Show full text]
  • De Grave & Fransen. Carideorum Catalogus
    De Grave & Fransen. Carideorum catalogus (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011) 407 Fig. 48. Synalpheus hemphilli Coutière, 1909. Photo by Arthur Anker. Synalpheus iphinoe De Man, 1909a = Synalpheus Iphinoë De Man, 1909a: 116. [8°23'.5S 119°4'.6E, Sapeh-strait, 70 m; Madura-bay and other localities in the southern part of Molo-strait, 54-90 m; Banda-anchorage, 9-36 m; Rumah-ku- da-bay, Roma-island, 36 m] Synalpheus iocasta De Man, 1909a = Synalpheus Iocasta De Man, 1909a: 119. [Makassar and surroundings, up to 32 m; 0°58'.5N 122°42'.5E, west of Kwadang-bay-entrance, 72 m; Anchorage north of Salomakiëe (Damar) is- land, 45 m; 1°42'.5S 130°47'.5E, 32 m; 4°20'S 122°58'E, between islands of Wowoni and Buton, northern entrance of Buton-strait, 75-94 m; Banda-anchorage, 9-36 m; Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, east coast of Aru-islands (Pearl-banks), 13 m; 5°28'.2S 134°53'.9E, 57 m; 8°25'.2S 127°18'.4E, an- chorage between Nusa Besi and the N.E. point of Timor, 27-54 m; 8°39'.1 127°4'.4E, anchorage south coast of Timor, 34 m; Mid-channel in Solor-strait off Kampong Menanga, 113 m; 8°30'S 119°7'.5E, 73 m] Synalpheus irie MacDonald, Hultgren & Duffy, 2009: 25; Figs 11-16; Plate 3C-D. [fore-reef (near M1 chan- nel marker), 18°28.083'N 77°23.289'W, from canals of Auletta cf. sycinularia] Synalpheus jedanensis De Man, 1909a: 117. [Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, east coast of Aru-islands (Pearl- banks), 13 m] Synalpheus kensleyi (Ríos & Duffy, 2007) = Zuzalpheus kensleyi Ríos & Duffy, 2007: 41; Figs 18-22; Plate 3.
    [Show full text]
  • Short Communication
    RAY : New Records of Four Squirrelfishes......from the coastal waters of West Bengal, India 207 ISSN 0375-1511 Rec. zool. Surv. India : 115(Part-2) : 207-211, 2015 Short Communication NEW RECORDS OF FOUR SQUIRRELFISHES (BERYCIFORMES : HOLOCENTRIDAE) FROM THE COASTAL WATERS OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA INTRODUCTION 1802) which were not reported from the coast. The fishes of family Holocentridae (Order This paper describes four species of fishes from Berciformes) are characterized by having large family Holocentridae which are new addition to eyes, brilliant colouration with red predominating the icthyofaunal resource of West Bengal. and spiny squamation (Shimizu & Yamakawa, MATERIALS AND METHODS 1979). The family represented by 8 genera All the specimens were collected from fish and 65 species throughout the world (Nelson, landing centre Digha Mohona (21°37.843’N, 2006), however, 19 species from 4 genera were 87°32.827’E). The detail morphometric reported so far in Indian waters (Talwar, 1991). measurements were taken in the field and the The two subfamilies of this group, Holocentrinae specimens were preserved in 10% formalin after (squirrelfishes) and Myripristinae (soldierfishes) taking the fresh photographs. Material details are are distributed worldwide from tropical to warm given under each species and these specimens temperate waters in shallow water on coral reefs are housed at museum of Marine Aquarium and or rocky bottom. The family is well known Regional Center of Zoological Survey of India, for sound production and nocturnal habit, hide Digha. in caves during day and come out at night for feeding. These fishes are very hardy in aquariums RESULTS AND DISCUSSION and attractive for the bright colouration.
    [Show full text]
  • Fishes Collected During the 2017 Marinegeo Assessment of Kāne
    Journal of the Marine Fishes collected during the 2017 MarineGEO Biological Association of the ā ‘ ‘ ‘ United Kingdom assessment of K ne ohe Bay, O ahu, Hawai i 1 1 1,2 cambridge.org/mbi Lynne R. Parenti , Diane E. Pitassy , Zeehan Jaafar , Kirill Vinnikov3,4,5 , Niamh E. Redmond6 and Kathleen S. Cole1,3 1Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 159, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA; 2Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Original Article Singapore 117543, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore; 3School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘iatMānoa, 2538 McCarthy Mall, Edmondson Hall 216, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA; 4Laboratory of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Cite this article: Parenti LR, Pitassy DE, Jaafar Aquatic Organisms, Far Eastern Federal University, 8 Sukhanova St., Vladivostok 690091, Russia; 5Laboratory of Z, Vinnikov K, Redmond NE, Cole KS (2020). 6 Fishes collected during the 2017 MarineGEO Genetics, National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Vladivostok 690041, Russia and National Museum of assessment of Kāne‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Natural History, Smithsonian Institution DNA Barcode Network, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 183, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA the United Kingdom 100,607–637. https:// doi.org/10.1017/S0025315420000417 Abstract Received: 6 January 2020 We report the results of a survey of the fishes of Kāne‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, conducted in 2017 as Revised: 23 March 2020 part of the Smithsonian Institution MarineGEO Hawaii bioassessment. We recorded 109 spe- Accepted: 30 April 2020 cies in 43 families.
    [Show full text]
  • Summary of Albert H. and Dora M. Banners' Contributions to the Knowledge of the Family Alpheidae (Decapoda: Caridea)!
    Pacific Science (1991), vol. 45, no. 3: 232-245 © 1991 by University of Hawaii Press. All rights reserved Summary of Albert H. and Dora M. Banners' Contributions to the Knowledge of the Family Alpheidae (Decapoda: Caridea)! RICHARD H. TITGEN 2 ABSTRACT: Albert H. and Dora M. Banner produced a total of43 documents (a thesis, a report, and 41 publications) on alpheid shrimp over a period of 47 yr. They studied the Indo-Pacific Faunal Region and focused on the systematics and zoogeography of the Alpheidae, a very large and complicated family. This paper summarizes the contributions to the systematic knowledge of the Alpheidae made by the Banners. It includes a bibliography oftheir publications and other documents, and three tables listing all alpheid taxa described by the Banners (three genera and 116 species), the nomenclatural changes made by the Banners, and "other" changes made or statements of explanation that assist in the understanding of alpheid systematics. All entries in the tables include the Banner reference in which the contribution was made. ALBERT HENRY (HANK) BANNER began study­ notes on color and environment. They studied ing alpheid shrimp for his M.S. degree at the many type specimens, frequently by visiting University of Hawaii, which he completed in various museums around the world. They August 1940. In 1946, after completing his rediagnosed or redescribed species when it Ph.D. at the University ofWashington (1943) was necessary to make them recognizable and and serving in the U.S. Army Air Force, he correspond to modern descriptions, and esta­ joined the staff ofthe Zoology Department at blished neotypes when appropriate.
    [Show full text]
  • Annotated Checklist of the Fish Species (Pisces) of La Réunion, Including a Red List of Threatened and Declining Species
    Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 2: 1–168; Stuttgart, 30.IV.2009. 1 Annotated checklist of the fish species (Pisces) of La Réunion, including a Red List of threatened and declining species RONALD FR ICKE , THIE rr Y MULOCHAU , PA tr ICK DU R VILLE , PASCALE CHABANE T , Emm ANUEL TESSIE R & YVES LE T OU R NEU R Abstract An annotated checklist of the fish species of La Réunion (southwestern Indian Ocean) comprises a total of 984 species in 164 families (including 16 species which are not native). 65 species (plus 16 introduced) occur in fresh- water, with the Gobiidae as the largest freshwater fish family. 165 species (plus 16 introduced) live in transitional waters. In marine habitats, 965 species (plus two introduced) are found, with the Labridae, Serranidae and Gobiidae being the largest families; 56.7 % of these species live in shallow coral reefs, 33.7 % inside the fringing reef, 28.0 % in shallow rocky reefs, 16.8 % on sand bottoms, 14.0 % in deep reefs, 11.9 % on the reef flat, and 11.1 % in estuaries. 63 species are first records for Réunion. Zoogeographically, 65 % of the fish fauna have a widespread Indo-Pacific distribution, while only 2.6 % are Mascarene endemics, and 0.7 % Réunion endemics. The classification of the following species is changed in the present paper: Anguilla labiata (Peters, 1852) [pre- viously A. bengalensis labiata]; Microphis millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856) [previously M. brachyurus millepunctatus]; Epinephelus oceanicus (Lacepède, 1802) [previously E. fasciatus (non Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)]; Ostorhinchus fasciatus (White, 1790) [previously Apogon fasciatus]; Mulloidichthys auriflamma (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) [previously Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (non Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)]; Stegastes luteobrun- neus (Smith, 1960) [previously S.
    [Show full text]
  • Review of the Sharpnose Pufferfishes (Subfamily Canthigasterinae) of the Indo-Pacific
    AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS Allen, Gerald R., and J. E. Randall, 1977. Review of the sharpnose pufferfishes (Subfamily Canthigasterinae) of the Indo-Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum 30(17): 475–517. [31 December 1977]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.30.1977.192 ISSN 0067-1975 Published by the Australian Museum, Sydney naturenature cultureculture discover discover AustralianAustralian Museum Museum science science is is freely freely accessible accessible online online at at www.australianmuseum.net.au/publications/www.australianmuseum.net.au/publications/ 66 CollegeCollege Street,Street, SydneySydney NSWNSW 2010,2010, AustraliaAustralia REVIEW OF THE SHARPNOSE PUFFERFISHES (SUBFAMILY CANTHIGASTERINAE) OF THE INDO-PAClFIC GERALD R. ALLEN Department of Fishes, Western Australian Museum, Perth and JOHN E. RANDALL Fish Division, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu SUMMARY Twenty-two species of Canthigaster (Tetraodontidae; Canthigasterinae), including seven which are described as new, are recognized from the tropical Indo-Pacific: C. amboinensis (widespread Indo-Pacific), C. bennetti (widespread Indo-W. Pacific), C. callisterna (New South Wales; Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec islands; northern New Zealand), C. compressa (E. Indies; Melanesia; Philippine Islands), C. coronata (widespread Indo-W. Pacific), C. epilampra (W. Pacific), C. inframacula n. sp. (Hawaiian Islands), C. investigatoris (Andaman Islands), C. jactator (Hawaiian Islands), C. janthinoptera (widespread Indo-W. Pacific), C. margaritata (Red Sea), C. marquesensis n. sp. (Marquesas Islands), C. nata/ensis (Mauritius; South Africa), C. ocellicincta n. sp. (Melanesia; Great Barrier Reef), C. punctatissima (eastern Pacific), C. pygmaea n. sp. (Red Sea), C. rapaensis n. sp. (Rapa), C. rivulata (widespread Indo-W. Pacific), C. smithae n.sp. (Mauritius, and South Africa), C.
    [Show full text]
  • Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of REPUBLIC of NAURU
    RAPID BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT OF REPUBLIC OF NAURU JUNE 2013 NAOERO GO T D'S W I LL FIRS SPREP Library/IRC Cataloguing-in-Publication Data McKenna, Sheila A, Butler, David J and Wheatley, Amanda. Rapid biodiversity assessment of Republic of Nauru / Sheila A. McKeena … [et al.] – Apia, Samoa : SPREP, 2015. 240 p. cm. ISBN: 978-982-04-0516-5 (print) 978-982-04-0515-8 (ecopy) 1. Biodiversity conservation – Nauru. 2. Biodiversity – Assessment – Nauru. 3. Natural resources conservation areas - Nauru. I. McKeena, Sheila A. II. Butler, David J. III. Wheatley, Amanda. IV. Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) V. Title. 333.959685 © SPREP 2015 All rights for commercial / for profit reproduction or translation, in any form, reserved. SPREP authorises the partial reproduction or translation of this material for scientific, educational or research purposes, provided that SPREP and the source document are properly acknowledged. Permission to reproduce the document and / or translate in whole, in any form, whether for commercial / for profit or non-profit purposes, must be requested in writing. Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme P.O. Box 240, Apia, Samoa. Telephone: + 685 21929, Fax: + 685 20231 www.sprep.org The Pacific environment, sustaining our livelihoods and natural heritage in harmony with our cultures. RAPID BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT OF REPUBLIC OF NAURU SHEILA A. MCKENNA, DAVID J. BUTLER, AND AmANDA WHEATLEY (EDITORS) NAOERO GO T D'S W I LL FIRS CONTENTS Organisational Profiles 4 Authors and Participants 6 Acknowledgements
    [Show full text]
  • Habitat Use and Trophic Ecology of the Introduced
    HABITAT USE AND TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF THE INTRODUCED SNAPPER LUTJANUS KASMIRA AND NATIVE GOATFISHES IN HAWAI‘I A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ZOOLOGY (Marine Biology) AUGUST 2011 By Brett D. Schumacher Dissertation Committee: Alan Friedlander, Chairperson Charles Birkeland Kim Holland William Walsh Jeffrey Drazen UMI Number: 3485487 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent on the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. UMI 3485487 Copyright 2011 by ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This edition of the work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 - 1346 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to gratefully acknowledge James Parrish for his loyal and longstanding support of my research as my original advisor and committee chair. I would also like to thank Alan Friedlander for taking over as chair after Dr. Parrish’s well- deserved retirement. I sincerely appreciate the suggestions and advice I received from my other committee members, Charles Birkeland, Curt Daehler, Jeff Drazen, Kim Holland and Bill Walsh. I am greatly indebted to Jeremy Claisse, Eric Conklin, Katie Howard, and Craig Musberger, dedicated research assistants who were willing to go into the field at all hours and in any kind of weather.
    [Show full text]