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aqua Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology Vol. 6 (3), February 2003 Aquapress ISSN 0945-9871 aqua - Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology Managing Editor: Scope and aims Heiko Bleher aqua is an international journal which publishes original Via G. Falcone 11, 27010 Miradolo Terme (PV), Italy scientific articles in the fields of systematics, taxonomy, Tel.: +39 0382 754707/08 - Fax: +39 0382 754129 bio geography, ethology, ecology, and general biology of e-mail: [email protected] fishes, amphibians, aquatic invertebrates, and plants. Papers on freshwater, brackish, and marine organisms Scientific Editor: will be considered. aqua is fully refereed and aims at publishing manuscripts within 2-4 months of acceptance. 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Wolfgang Schneider, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Friedensplatz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany Lothar Seegers, Grenzstraße 47b, 46535 Dinslaken, Germany Wolfgang Villwock, Universität Hamburg, Zoologisches ISSN 0945-9871 Publisher: Aquapress, Redazione aqua, Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Martin-Luther-King- Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany I-27010 Miradolo Terme (Pavia), Italy Printer: Grafiche Dessí s.r.l., (Torino) Italy Chem Yi-yu, Institute of Hydrobiology, Academia Sinica, Typesetting: Rossella Bulla Wuhan Hubei, P. R. China © 2003 aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology Shore fishes of Navassa Island, West Indies: a case study on the need for rotenone sampling in reef fish biodiversity studies Bruce B. Collette1, Jeffrey T. Williams2, Christine E. Thacker3, and Michael L. Smith4 1) National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560-0153, USA. E-mail: [email protected] 2) Division of Fishes, Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560-0159, USA. E-mail: [email protected] 3) Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA. E-mail: [email protected] 4) Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, 1919 M St NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Accepted: 20.12.2002 Keywords Navassa, like Bermuda and the western Caribbean Navassa; Caribbean; West Indies; reef fishes; atolls, lacks families associated with the continental rotenone; biodiversity; Chaenopsidae shelf such as toadfishes, searobins, and snooks. Navassa also lacks families associated with shallow “To fully protect the national parks, we must first seagrass beds and forage fishes such as herrings and understand what they contain.” anchovies. Navassa has similar numbers of gobioids Thomas A. Kiernan, (14 vs. 19 species in Bermuda), damselfishes (9 vs. President, National Parks Conservation 10), surgeonfishes (3), triggerfishes (5 vs. 6), squir- Association, 2000 relfishes (7 vs. 8), and cardinalfishes (11 vs. 12); but fewer eels (14 vs. 32), jacks (7 vs. 17), grunts (3 vs. 7), Abstract wrasses (10 vs. 16), snappers (4 vs. 11), parrotfishes We occupied 38 fish stations at Navassa Island in (9 vs. 13), and serranids (21 vs. 29); and more April-May 1999: 22 rotenone collections, mostly by blennioids (24 vs. 11), plus clingfishes (6) and jaw- scuba diving; 4 night light/dip net stations; 5 hook and fishes (2), families that are absent from Bermuda. line, trolling and hand-lining stations; and 7 visual underwater surveys. Eight new cryptic species were Zusammenfassung collected with rotenone - five blennioids, two cling- In der Zeit von April bis Mai 1999 besetzten wir 38 fishes, and a goby. Five have already been described Fischfangstationen an der Navassa Insel: 22 Rotenon- and three are described in papers currently in press. Fangstationen, hauptsächlich durch SCUBA Tauch - New information is given on the behaviour and life gänge; 4 Nachtlicht / Senknetz – Stationen ; 5 Angel – colours of one of the recently described blennioids, Stationen zum Schlepp- und Handangeln; und 7 Sta- Emblemaria vitta. tionen für visuelle Unterwassererauswertungen. Acht We collected or recorded 224 species of fishes from neue kryptische Arten wurden mit Rotenon gefangen – 66 families, verifying most earlier records and adding fünf Blennioiden, zwei Saugfische und eine Meeres- another 160 species, making a current total of 237 grundel. Fünf sind bereits beschrieben worden und drei species known from Navassa. Of the 224 species sind in gegenwärtig zu veröffentlichen Artikeln recorded, 102 (45.5%) were taken only with rotenone, beschrie ben. Neue Information über das Verhalten und and 56 others were collected using rotenone and Lebendfärbung einer der vor kurzem beschriebenen other techniques. Thus a total of 158 species (70.5%) Blennioiden, Emblemaria vitta, wird gegeben. were collected using rotenone, supporting the need Wir sammelten oder erfassten 224 Fischarten aus 66 for this technique in obtaining a complete inventory. Familien, bestätigten die meisten früheren Aufzeich- Most fishes found at Navassa are reef-associated nungen und fügten weitere 160 Arten hinzu, so dass species that are widely distributed in the Caribbean gegenwärtig eine Gesamtzahl von 237 Arten von Sea. Navassa is relatively depauperate when com- Navassa bekannt ist. Von den 224 erfassten Arten, wur- pared with Bermuda (433 species of fishes) and four den 102 (45.5 %) ausschließlich mit Rotenon gesam- western Caribbean oceanic atolls (273 fishes). melt, und 56 weitere Arten wurden durch den Einsatz Navassa shares 140 fish species with Bermuda and von Rotenon und anderen Methoden gefangen. Insge- 139 fish species with the western Caribbean atolls. samt wurden 158 Arten (70.5%) durch den Gebrauch 89 aqua vol. 6 no. 3 - 2003 Shore fishes of Navassa Island, West Indies: a case study on the need for rotenone sampling in reef fish biodiversity studies von Rotenon gesammelt, was den Einsatz dieser Fang- sons avec les Bermudes et 139 avec les atolls occiden- methode zum Erhalt einer kompletten Bestandsauf- taux. Navassa, tout comme les Bermudes et lesdits nahme unterstützt. Die meisten bei Navassa gefunde- atolls, est dépourvue de familles associées au plateau nen Fische sind an Riffen lebende Arten, die im continental comme les poissons - crapauds, les Karibischen Meer weit verbreitet sind. Die Fischfauna grondins et les brochets de mer. Navassa ignore aussi der Navassa Insel ist relativ artenarm im Vergleich zu les familles associées aux herbiers de faible profondeur Bermuda (433 Fischarten) und zu vier ozeanischen et les poissons fouilleurs comme les harengs et les Atollen in der westlichen Karibik (273 Fischarten). Ein- anchois. Navassa compte un nombre similaire de gob- hundertvierzig der Fischarten von Navassa kommen idés (14 contre 19 aux Bermudes), de demoiselles (9 ebenfalls in Bermuda and 139 Arten in den westlichen contre 10), de chirurgiens (3), de balistes (5 contre 6), karibischen Atollen vor. Bei Navassa, genau wie in de poissons - écureuils (7 contre 8) et d'apogons (11 Bermuda und in den westlichen karibischen Atollen, contre 12); mais moins d'anguilles
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    BioInvasions Records (2018) Volume 7, Issue 2: 205–210 Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2018.7.2.14 © 2018 The Author(s). Journal compilation © 2018 REABIC Rapid Communication First records of the fish Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) and Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775) in the Mediterranean Sea Ioannis Giovos1,*, Giacomo Bernardi2, Georgios Romanidis-Kyriakidis1, Dimitra Marmara1 and Periklis Kleitou1,3 1iSea, Environmental Organization for the Preservation of the Aquatic Ecosystems, Thessaloniki, Greece 2Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, USA 3Marine and Environmental Research (MER) Lab Ltd., Limassol, Cyprus *Corresponding author E-mail: [email protected] Received: 26 October 2017 / Accepted: 16 January 2018 / Published online: 14 March 2018 Handling editor: Ernesto Azzurro Abstract To date, the Mediterranean Sea has been subjected to numerous non-indigenous species’ introductions raising the attention of scientists, managers, and media. Several introduction pathways contribute to these introduction, including Lessepsian migration via the Suez Canal, accounting for approximately 100 fish species, and intentional or non-intentional aquarium releases, accounting for at least 18 species introductions. In the context of the citizen science project of iSea “Is it alien to you?… Share it”, several citizens are engaged and regularly report observations of alien, rare or unknown marine species. The project aims to monitor the establishment and expansion of alien species in Greece. In this study, we present the first records of two popular high-valued aquarium species, the scissortail sergeant, Abudefduf sexfasciatus and the sohal surgeonfish, Acanthurus sohal, in along the Mediterranean coastline of Greece. The aggressive behaviour of the two species when in captivity, and the absence of records from areas close to the Suez Canal suggest that both observations are the result of aquarium intentional releases, rather than a Lessepsian migration.
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    ISSN 0375-1511 Rec. zool. Sum India: 112(Part-2) : 123-124, 2012 Short Communication FIRST REPORT OF A FISH FROM FAMILY: ANTENNARIIDAE (ANTENNARIUS HISPIDUS) FROM DIGHA COASTAL WATERS, ON THE EAST COAST OF INDIA INTRODUCTON data collection the specimen was liberated in the aquarium tank for display. Digha (Lat 21 0 36' Long 870 30') is one of the major marine fish landing stations of the east cost DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS of India. Considering the importance of fish faunal resources, several efforts were made regarding DIll, 12; C 9; A 7; P 10; V 6; first and second incidences of ichthyofauna of region. The most dorsal spines were of almost equal length and the recent compilation of ichthyofauna of the region first one with a large tuft of filaments; second spine contributes 212 species from 145 genera & 88 curved posteriorly with a narrow membranous families (Chatterjee et aI, 2000). There were also connection to the surface of head; third dorsal spine previous reports of 238 species from 72 families curved posteriorly; Pterygiophore supporting (Manna and Goswami, 1985; Goswami, 1992). The dorsal spines extending slightly beyond the upper consistent efforts from this Centre contributes jaw; Head, body, and tail densely covered with further few new families in this region (Yennawar generally bifid spines making the skin rough; eyes and Tudu, 2010; Yennawar et al." unpublished). very small; Mouth almost vertical. Sharp, pointed During the local surveys for ornamental faunal teeth in a single row in sides of upper and lower studies in the Centre, the authors came across one jaw; Illicium (rod) striped and about the length of fish species which after thorough observations of 2nd spine.