Check List 10(6): 1260–1263, 2014 © 2014 Check List and Authors Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (available at www.checklist.org.br) Journal of species lists and distribution pecies

S Camaratuba estuary, northeastern Brazil

of Fishes collected with an artisanal fish trap in Barra de 1 2

ists Tayná Oliveira Martins * L and Ana Lúcia Vendel

1 Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação. Rua Baraúnas, 351, Bairro Universitário, Campus I. CEP 58429-500. Campina Grande, PB, Brasil. * 2 CorrUniversidadeesponding Estadual author. E-mail:da Paraíba, [email protected] Centro de Ciências Biológicas e Sociais Aplicadas. Rua Horácio Trajano de Oliveira, s/n, Cristo Redentor, Campus V. CEP 58020-540. João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.

Abstract:

A list of the species of fishes collected in the Barra de Camaratuba estuary, Paraiba, Brazil, is presented. Teleostei.Specimens The were Gerreidae collected was on thea monthly most representative basis between family, January with and 6 December species, followed 2012, using by the a fishingLutjanidae technique and Tetraodontidae, known locally withas “Tomada”, four species an artisanal each. fish trap like a barrier. Forty species were collected, belonging to 27 genera and 20 families of the

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Introduction the species caught by this traditional fishing method. Fishes, with about 28,000 valid species (Nelson 2006), The goal of this study is to provide information on the have a wide variation in morphology and biology, inhabiting fish assemblages captured by “Tomada” in the Barra de marine, estuarine and freshwater environments. They are Camaratuba estuary, Paraiba, Brazil.

Materials and Methods generation,important notmainly only for for local the communities. adequate functioning of the Specimens were collected at the mouth of the Rio aquaticLocal environments, estuarine butfishermen also as food in supply the andBrazilian income Camaratuba (Figure 1) in the Barra de Camaratuba estuary northeastern coast traditionally use the “Tomada”, a type (06° ° of net barrier, as a common fishing practice. This fishing Barra de Camaratuba, near Mataraca town, 110 km north method consists of setting trapping barriers made of from22′55″ João Pessoa, S, 34 the59′31″W), capital of located Paraiba in State. the districtAccording of fishing nets, so that the fish that enter the mangrove et al Camaratuba basin has a hot, humid climate (Aw), with a permitted by the physical geography of the site. The to Köeppen’s classification 2 (Alvares, annual rainfall. 2014), of 700–1600 the Rio fishingchannels nets are are kept set trapped during alonglow spring the maximum tide. They length are suspended with high tide, enabling the capture of fish drainage area of 635,60 km that enter the estuary. In order to score and lift the nets, ofmm, physiognomically minimum temperature preserved of vegetation, 20–24°C and in maximuma part of fishermen use roots and branches of local vegetation, thetemperature mangrove of occupied 28–33°C. by The the estuarineIndigenous area Reservation consists Rhizophora mangle L. For temporary net barriers he of Cumaru, of the Potiguara tribe (Baía da Traição outlets of the tidal flat or mangrove border are blocked Municipality, Paraiba State). Specimens were collected monthly in the Barra de is positioned during high tide and fastened on wooden Camaratuba estuary, from January to December 2012. Each poles,by a net which approximately are stuck 200 in them long mud and after 3 m the high. fish The have net step into the inundated mangroves. Fish are collected on the basis of their knowledge of the system. Sampling from the small pools that form during the low tide, tookmonth, place the duringlocal fishermen spring tides, selected using the the sampling “Tomada”, locations a non-

low tide, in the morning. In Barra de Camaratuba estuary, whichsix hours is widely after locking used in up the the north-northeastern tidal flat. The “Tomada” Brazil. selective fishing technique. Harvest always occurred at “Tapagem”differs from consists another of fishing a trap technique,used by fishermen the “Tapagem”, in the tidal creek, at the mouth of small rivers and streams edgesthe local of thefishermen mangrove. set 10 nets of 2.0 cm mesh between et the Afteropposite being knots, caught, reaching fish were300 m counted in length and and identified lining the al with the aid of relevant literature (e.g., Figueiredo and thatThe are influenced“Tomada” byis thea fishingtide (Nery practice 1995; Barlettawith low selectivity. 1998). level in terms of the fish species caught, and captures both adults and juveniles. Therefore, this Menezes 1978, 1980, 2000; Menezes and Figueiredo fishing practice might have an impact on the ecosystem. deposited1980, 1985; at the Allen Federal 1985; University Harrison of 2002; Paraiba Marceniuk (UFPB Despite this, there is very little information regarding 2005; Marceniuk and Menezes 2007). Vouchers were

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Figure 1. Location of Barra de Camaratuba estuary, between Marataca and Baía da Traição Municipalities, North of Paraiba State, Brazil.

sp parallelus, C. pectinatus, C. undecimalis and Eugerres brasilianus The relative abundance was calculated as RA = n × 100/T, sp were RA = relative abundance; n = number of individuals . These species are caught by this fishing of each species; T = total of individuals. For each species, technique all year around (100% Constancy), this shows the constancy was calculated as C = (p/P) × 100, were that the goal with using this fish trap is reached by groupedp = number in Constantof samples in which the species was recorded fishermen.et al But. 2010). for the total of species, most of them were Accessoryand P = total number of samples and the speciesAccidental were considered Accidental, as it is common in estuarine fishes (present in over 50% of the samples); (Viana (present in 25 to 50% of the samples) and The trap fisheries represents a small-scale fisheries and Results(present in under 25% of the samples) (Dajoz 1983). traditionalappear more management balanced, measures exhibiting that relatively constitutes few a conflicts form of and in some cases, such as fish traps, present aet number al of Nevertheless we note that the most part of the trapped of TeleosteiIn Barra were de Camaratuba captured. Among estuary, the 4656 families, specimens those specimensmanagement lack and economic control ofinterest fishery and effort are (Isaac usually discarded. 2009). withthat correspondthe highest number to 40 species, of species 27 were genera, the 20 Gerreidae, families

useby fishermen,the estuary which as growth denotes and recruitment the impact ofareas. this Thus, traditional like a ofwith the sixspecies species richness. (15.0%), Nine followed other families by Lutjanidae (Muraenidae, and fishing practice either in resident species or about those that Tetraodontidae,Engraulidae, Clupeidae, with four Ariidae,species each, Atherinopsidae, representing Belon10.0%­ first local assessment, this study demonstrates the ecological Acknowledgmentsimpact of a traditional: fishing practice. idae, Haemulidae, Serranidae and Polynemidae) are authors are grateful to Thistwo anonymous study received reviewers financial by critical support reading from and the represented by one species only (2.5%). Among the 40 usefulUniversidade suggestions Estadual to the damanuscript. Paraíba (UEPB/PROPESQ 2011/032). The (Tablespecies 1).identified, Those with13 were relative classified abundance as Constant greater (32.5%), than 11 as AccessorySciades (27.5%), herzbergii and 16 as Accidental (40.0%) Literature Cited estuarine resident species (Andrade-Turbino et al. 2008), Snappers of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Lutjanid Species Known to Date. Rome: FAO. 208 pp. Mugil10% were curema (Bloch,Centropomus 1794), an importantparallelus Alvares,Allen, G.R. C.A., 1985. J.L. Stape, P.C. Sentelhas, J.L.M. Gonçalves and G. Sparovek. Poey, 1860 and Eugerres brasilianus cation map for Brazil. Meteorologische Valenciennes, 1836, Zeitschrift 22(6): 711–728 (doi: ). Centropomus pectinatus 2014. Köppen’s climate classifi Poey, 1860 and C. undecimalis (Cuvier, 1830), all temporal das ictiocenoses demersais10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0507 nos ecossistemas estuarinos presentoccurring in in all 100% samples, of the though samples. in a relative abundance of Andrade-Turbino,brasileiros: Uma M.F., A.L.síntese. Ribeiro, Oecologia M. Vianna. Brasiliensis 2008. Organização espaço- (Bloch, 1792) were also ( ). 12: 640–661 http://www.ppgecologia.biologia.ufrj.br/oecologia/index.php/ Discussionless than 10%. oecologiabrasiliensis/article/view/259 Barletta,(State M., of A.Para, Barletta-Bergan North Brazil). andEcotropica U. Saint-Paul. 1998. Description of the fisheries structure in the mangrove-donated region of Bragança Phylogenetic Classification of 4: Bony 41–53. Fishes. Municipality.The local They fishermen usually sell use Mugil regularly curema the, Centropomus “Tomada” Betancur-R.,Accessible R., E.at Wiley, N. Bailly, M. Miya, G. Lecointre and G. Ortí.. to capture fish to be sold at the open fair in Mataraca 2014. Version 3. http://www.deepfin.org/Classification_v3.htm 1261 Martins and Vendel | Fishes from Barra de Camaratuba estuary, northeastern Brazil

Table 1. et al List of species of the Teleostei collected in Barra de Camaratuba estuary in 2012 (n = number of individuals; RA = relative abundance (%); C = constancy (C = Constant; As = Accessory;TAXA Ad = Accidental). ClassificationSPECIES by Betancur-R. . (2014). n AR(%) C(%) Anguilliformes Muraenidae Gymnothorax funebris 1 0.02 Ad Ranzani, 1839 Engraulidae Anchovia clupeoides C Clupeidae Harengula clupeola 1 0.02 Ad (Swainson, 1839) 25 0.54 Siluriformes (Cuvier, 1829) Ariidae Sciades herzbergii C Gobiiformes (Bloch, 1794) 989 21.24 Eleotridae Eleotris pisonis 1 0.02 Ad Guavina guavina 0.06 Ad (Gmelin, 1789) Gobiidae Bathygobius soporator C (Valenciennes, 1837) 3 Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas, 1770) 2 Ad (Valenciennes, 1837) 45 0.97 Carangiaria* 0.04 Centropomidae Centropomus parallelus Poey,1860 C Centropomus pectinatus Poey,1860 277 C 554 11.90 Centropomus undecimalis 2.68 C 5.95 Polynemidae Polydactylus virginicus 21 As (Bloch, 1792) 125 Carangiformes (Linnaeus, 1758) 0.45 bartholomaei 0.06 Ad latus 1 0.02 Ad (Cuvier, 1833) 3 Pleuronectiformes Agassiz, 1831 Paralichthyidae Citharichthys arenaceus 21 As Citharichthys spilopterus (Günther, 1862) As Evermann & Marsh, 1900 0.45 Achiridae Achirus declivis 1 0.02 Ad 25 0.54 Achirus lineatus 1 0.02 Ad Chabanaud, 1940 (Linnaeus, 1758) Atherinopsidae Atherinella brasiliensis As (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) 109 2.34 Belonidae Strongylura marina 6 As Mugiliformes (Walbaum, 1792) 0.13 Mugilidae Mugil curema 1128 C Mugil liza Günther, 1880 1 0.02 Ad Valenciennes, 1836 24.23 Eupercaria* Gerreidae Diapterus auratus C Diapterus rhombeus 180 As Ranzani, 1842 130 2.79 Eucinostomus argenteus 70 Ad (Cuvier, 1829) 3.87 Eucinostomus gula 0.11 As Baird & Girard, 1855 1.50 Eucinostomus melanopterus 1.16 C (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) 5 Eugerres brasilianus C (Bleeker, 1863) 54 Lutjanidae Lutjanus alexandrei Moura & Lindeman, 2007 1.12 As (Cuvier, 1830) 551 11.83 Lutjanus apodus 18 As 52 Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828) As (Walbaum, 1792) 0.39 Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) 1.10 As 14 0.30 Pomadasys crocro Ad 51 Sciaenidae Bardiella ronchus C Haemulidae (Cuvier, 1830) 4 0.09 Stellifer naso 1 0.02 Ad (Cuvier, 1830) 46 0.99 (Jordan, 1889) Tetraodontidae Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) 1 0.02 Ad Sphoeroides greeleyi 1 0.02 Ad Sphoeroides pachygaster 1 0.02 Ad Gilbert, 1900 Sphoeroides testudineus 100 C (Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Linnaeus, 1758) 2.15 Serranidae Rypticus randalli C Total Courtenay, 1967 37 0.79 * insertae sedis as interim solution. 4656

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