The Morphology and Evolution of Tooth Replacement in the Combtooth Blennies
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Suborder BLENNIOIDEI TRIPTERYGIIDAE
click for previous page 3532 Bony Fishes Suborder BLENNIOIDEI TRIPTERYGIIDAE Triplefins by J.T. Williams and R. Fricke iagnostic characters: Small, slender fishes (seldom longer than 5 cm). Cirri often present on top of Deye and on rim of anterior nostril. Upper and lower jaws each with broad band of conical teeth. Three well-defined dorsal fins, the first with III to X (III or IV in the area) spines, the second with VIII to XXVI spines, the third with 7 to 17 segmented rays; last dorsal-fin spine and first segmented ray borne on separate pterygiophores; anal fin with 0 to II spines and 14 to 32 segmented rays; caudal fin with 13 segmented rays, 9 of which are branched; pelvic fins with 2 (3 in Lepidoblennius) simple segmented rays and I embedded spine, the fin inserted anterior to pectoral-fin base. Ctenoid (cycloid in 1 species of Lepidoblennius) scales on body. Colour: highly variable, often showing sexual dichromatism; frequently with irregular bars or a mottled pattern; males may have reddish pigmentation and/or black areas on head and body, females usually mottled with brown or green. 3 dorsal fins ctenoid scales branched anterior insertion caudal-fin of pelvic fins rays Habitat, biology, and fisheries: Benthic, cryptic fishes occurring on rocky or coral substrates in shallow water, but some species are found as deep as 550 m. They are very abundant in littoral areas, but are rarely utilized commercially because of their small size. Of little commercial interest, but they have been found in Indonesian fish markets. Similar families occurring in the area Blenniidae: body always naked (scaly in Tripterygiidae); a single row of incisors in each jaw (Tripterygiidae with several rows of conical teeth, at least anteriorly in jaws); dorsal fin consisting of a single continuous fin, often deeply notched between spinous and segmented rays (3 clearly defined dorsal fins in Tripterygiidae); dorsal fin with more, a few Blenniidae species with 0 to 3 less, segmented than spinous rays (more spines than rays in Tripterygiidae). -
Marine Livestock List
Hollybush Nurseries Ltd Warstone Road Shareshill Wolverhampton WV10 7LX Tel: 01922 418050 Fax: 01922 701028 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hollybush-garden.com Follow us on our Facebook Page: Hollybush Pets & Aquatics MARINE LIVESTOCK LIST: Species Scientific Name / Size Price DAMSELFISH Domino Damsel Dascyllus trimaculatus £7.99 each or 4 for £30.00 Dusky Damsel Stegastes adustus £7.99 each or 4 for £30.00 Yellowtail Damsel Chrysiptera parasema £9.99 each or 4 for £36.00 Regal Damsel Chrysiptera hemicyanea £9.99 each or 4 for £35.00 Royal Blue Damsel Chrysiptera springeri £11.99 each or 4 for £46.00 Blue-Green Chromis Chromis viridis £7.99 each or 4 for £30.00 Skunk Clownfish Amphiprion perideraion £74.00 for the pair Black & White Clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris £34.99 each or 2 for £60.00 Platinum Clownfish Amphiprion percula £69.99 or 2 for £120.00 Ocellaris Clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris £18.99 each or 2 for £30.00 GOBIES / BLENNIES / WRASSE Algae Blenny Salarias fasciatus £19.99 each Dot Dash Blenny Ecsenius lineatus £29.99 each Bicolour Blenny Ecsenius bicolor £19.99 each Molly Miller Blenny Scartella cristata £24.95 each Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidatus £19.99 each Glorious Wrasse Thalassoma quinquevittatum £75.99 each Sea Fighter Paracheilinus rubriventrallis £32.99 each Magnificent Firefish Nemateleotris magnifica £27.99 each or 2 for £40.00 Decorum Firefish Nemateleotris decora £39.99 each or 2 for £75.00 Engineer Goby Pholidichthys leucotaenia £12.99 each or 2 for £22.00 Sulphur Goby Cyptocentrus cinctus £39.99 -
Recycled Fish Sculpture (.PDF)
Recycled Fish Sculpture Name:__________ Fish: are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. At 32,000 species, fish exhibit greater species diversity than any other group of vertebrates. Sculpture: is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer ("plastic") materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals. They may be assembled such as by welding or gluing or by firing, molded or cast. Researched Photo Source: Alaskan Rainbow STEP ONE: CHOOSE one fish from the attached Fish Names list. Trout STEP TWO: RESEARCH on-line and complete the attached K/U Fish Research Sheet. STEP THREE: DRAW 3 conceptual sketches with colour pencil crayons of possible visual images that represent your researched fish. STEP FOUR: Once your fish designs are approved by the teacher, DRAW a representational outline of your fish on the 18 x24 and then add VALUE and COLOUR . CONSIDER: Individual shapes and forms for the various parts you will cut out of recycled pop aluminum cans (such as individual scales, gills, fins etc.) STEP FIVE: CUT OUT using scissors the various individual sections of your chosen fish from recycled pop aluminum cans. OVERLAY them on top of your 18 x 24 Representational Outline 18 x 24 Drawing representational drawing to judge the shape and size of each piece. STEP SIX: Once you have cut out all your shapes and forms, GLUE the various pieces together with a glue gun. -
The Marine Biodiversity and Fisheries Catches of the Pitcairn Island Group
The Marine Biodiversity and Fisheries Catches of the Pitcairn Island Group THE MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND FISHERIES CATCHES OF THE PITCAIRN ISLAND GROUP M.L.D. Palomares, D. Chaitanya, S. Harper, D. Zeller and D. Pauly A report prepared for the Global Ocean Legacy project of the Pew Environment Group by the Sea Around Us Project Fisheries Centre The University of British Columbia 2202 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Daniel Pauly RECONSTRUCTION OF TOTAL MARINE FISHERIES CATCHES FOR THE PITCAIRN ISLANDS (1950-2009) ...................................................................................... 3 Devraj Chaitanya, Sarah Harper and Dirk Zeller DOCUMENTING THE MARINE BIODIVERSITY OF THE PITCAIRN ISLANDS THROUGH FISHBASE AND SEALIFEBASE ..................................................................................... 10 Maria Lourdes D. Palomares, Patricia M. Sorongon, Marianne Pan, Jennifer C. Espedido, Lealde U. Pacres, Arlene Chon and Ace Amarga APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................................... 23 APPENDIX 1: FAO AND RECONSTRUCTED CATCH DATA ......................................................................................... 23 APPENDIX 2: TOTAL RECONSTRUCTED CATCH BY MAJOR TAXA ............................................................................ -
Validation of the Synonymy of the Teleost Blenniid Fish Species
Zootaxa 4072 (2): 171–184 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4072.2.2 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8AC3AF86-10AA-4F57-A86D-3E8BA4F26EE5 Validation of the synonymy of the teleost blenniid fish species Salarias phantasticus Boulenger 1897 and Salarias anomalus Regan 1905 with Ecsenius pulcher (Murray 1887) based on DNA barcoding and morphology GILAN ATTARAN-FARIMANI1, SANAZ ESTEKANI2, VICTOR G. SPRINGER3, OLIVER CRIMMEN4, G. DAVID JOHNSON3 & CAROLE C. BALDWIN3,5 1Chabahar Maritime University, Faculty of Marine Science, Chabahar, Iran 2MSc student, Chabahar Maritime University, Faculty of Marine Science, Chabahar, Iran 3National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 4Natural History Museum, London 5Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract As currently recognized, Ecsenius pulcher includes Salarias pulcher (type material has a banded color pattern), S. anom- alus (non-banded), and S. phantasticus (banded). The color patterns are not sex linked, and no other morphological fea- tures apparently distinguish the three nominal species. The recent collection of banded and non-banded specimens of Ecsenius pulcher from Iran has provided the first tissue samples for genetic analyses. Here we review the taxonomic his- tory of E. pulcher and its included synonyms and genetically analyze tissue samples of both color patterns. Salarias anom- alus is retained as a synonym of E. pulcher because DNA barcode data suggest that they represent banded and non-banded color morphs of a single species. Furthermore, the large size of the largest type specimen of S. -
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. -
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. -
The Assessment of Current Biogeographic Patterns of Coral Reef
THE ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF CORAL REEF FISHES IN THE RED SEA BY INCORPORATING THEIR EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL BACKGROUND Dissertation by Vanessa S. N. Robitzch Sierra In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ©March, 2017 Vanessa S. N. Robitzch Sierra All rights reserved 2 EXAMINATION COMMITTEE PAGE The dissertation of Vanessa S. N. Robitzch Sierra is approved by the examination committee. Committee Chairperson: Dr. Michael Berumen Committee Members: Dr. Christian Voolstra, Dr. Timothy Ravasi, Dr. Giacomo Bernardi 3 ABSTRACT THE ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF CORAL REEF FISHES IN THE RED SEA BY INCORPORATING THEIR EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL BACKGROUND Vanessa S. N. Robitzch Sierra The exceptional environment of the Red Sea has lead to high rates of endemism and biodiversity. Located at the periphery of the world’s coral reefs distribution, its relatively young reefs offer an ideal opportunity to study biogeography and underlying evolutionary and ecological triggers. Here, I provide baseline information on putative seasonal recruitment patterns of reef fishes along a cross shelf gradient at an inshore, mid-shelf, and shelf-edge reef in the central Saudi Arabian Red Sea. I propose a basic comparative model to resolve biogeographic patterns in endemic and cosmopolitan reef fishes. Therefore, I chose the genetically, biologically, and ecologically similar coral-dwelling damselfishes Dascyllus aruanus and D. marginatus as a model species-group. As a first step, basic information on the distribution, population structure, and genetic diversity is evaluated within and outside the Red Sea along most of their global distribution. -
TUVALU MARINE LIFE PROJECT Phase 1: Literature Review
TUVALU MARINE LIFE PROJECT Phase 1: Literature review Project funded by: Tuvalu Marine Biodiversity – Literature Review Table of content TABLE OF CONTENT 1. CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES 4 1.1. Context of the survey 4 1.1.1. Introduction 4 1.1.2. Tuvalu’s national adaptation programme of action (NAPA) 4 1.1.3. Tuvalu national biodiversity strategies and action plan (NBSAP) 5 1.2. Objectives 6 1.2.1. General objectives 6 1.2.2. Specific objectives 7 2. METHODOLOGY 8 2.1. Gathering of existing data 8 2.1.1. Contacts 8 2.1.2. Data gathering 8 2.1.3. Documents referencing 16 2.2. Data analysis 16 2.2.1. Data verification and classification 16 2.2.2. Identification of gaps 17 2.3. Planning for Phase 2 18 2.3.1. Decision on which survey to conduct to fill gaps in the knowledge 18 2.3.2. Work plan on methodologies for the collection of missing data and associated costs 18 3. RESULTS 20 3.1. Existing information on Tuvalu marine biodiversity 20 3.1.1. Reports and documents 20 3.1.2. Data on marine species 24 3.2. Knowledge gaps 41 4. WORK PLAN FOR THE COLLECTION OF FIELD DATA 44 4.1. Meetings in Tuvalu 44 4.2. Recommendations on field surveys to be conducted 46 4.3. Proposed methodologies 48 4.3.1. Option 1: fish species richness assessment 48 4.3.2. Option 2: valuable fish stock assessment 49 4.3.3. Option 3: fish species richness and valuable fish stock assessment 52 4.3.4. -
EIS to Accompany Draft Storm Bay North MFDP
EIS to accompany draft Storm Bay North MFDP Appendix 13 - Fish Species in Storm Bay from Fishmap (2012) Threatened status TSPA/ Species Name Common Name EPBCA Apogonops anomalus Threespine Cardinalfish Anguilla australis Southern Shortfin Eel Anguilla reinhardtii Longfin Eel Echinophryne mitchellii Spinycoat Anglerfish Histiophryne bougainvilli Smooth Anglerfish Kuiterichthys furcipilis Rough Anglerfish Phyllophryne scortea Whitespotted Anglerfish Aplodactylus arctidens Marblefish Siphamia cephalotes Wood's Siphonfish Vincentia conspersa Southern Cardinalfish Arripis georgianus Australian Herring Arripis trutta Eastern Australian Salmon Arripis truttaceus Western Australian Salmon Atherinason hepsetoides Smallscale Hardyhead Atherinosoma microstoma Smallmouth Hardyhead Kestratherina brevirostris Shortsnout Hardyhead Kestratherina esox Pikehead Hardyhead Leptatherina presbyteroides Silver Fish Latropiscis purpurissatus Sergeant Baker Ecsenius lividanalis Blackass Combtooth Blenny Parablennius tasmanianus Tasmanian Blenny Lophonectes gallus Crested Flounder Bovichtus angustifrons Dragonet Pseudaphritis urvillii Congolli Brachionichthys australis Australian handfish Endangered / CRITICALLY Brachionichthys hirsutus Spotted Handfish ENDANGERED Thymichthys politus Red Handfish -/ CRITICALLY ENDANGERED Thymichthys verrucosus Warty Handfish Callanthias allporti Rosy Perch Callanthias australis Splendid Perch Eocallionymus papilio Painted Stinkfish Callorhinchus milii Elephantfish Pseudocaranx georgianus Silver Trevally Pseudocaranx wrighti Skipjack -
Crossing Extreme Habitat Boundaries: Jack‐Of‐All‐Trades Facilitates
Received: 27 November 2019 | Accepted: 21 April 2020 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13600 RESEARCH ARTICLE Crossing extreme habitat boundaries: Jack-of-all-trades facilitates invasion but is eroded by adaptation to a master-of-one Terry J. Ord1 | Peter J. Hundt2,3 1Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Abstract Environmental Sciences, University of New 1. The invasion of new environments can be a key instigator of adaptive diversification, South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia but the likelihood of such invasions succeeding can depend on the attributes 2Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA of would-be invaders. Chief among these seems to be a generalist or ‘jack-of- 3Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and all-trades’ phenotype. Conservation Biology, St. Paul, MN, USA 2. Yet, despite the obvious link between habitat transitions and adaptation, we know Correspondence surprisingly little about how phenotypes that might initially allow taxa to transition Terry J. Ord Email: [email protected] between habitats subsequently evolve or influence post-invasion differentiation. 3. We tested how a generalist phenotype of a broad diet and behavioural plasticity Peter J. Hundt Email: [email protected] in marine blenny fish has facilitated the repeated invasion of extreme environ- ments—particularly land—and how the conditions post-invasion have impacted Funding information Australian Research Council, Grant/Award that generalist phenotype and associated trophic morphology. Number: DP120100356 4. Our data show that a wide diet and plasticity in being able to shift between en- Handling Editor: Sonya Auer vironments freely have been instrumental in the progressive invasion of land by amphibious blennies. -
Ecological Study of the Decapod Crustaceans Commensal with the Branching Coral Pocillopora Meandrina Var
ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS COMMENSAL WITH THE BRANCHING CORAL POCILLOPORA MEANDRINA VAR. NOBILIS VERRILL A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ZOOLOGY by Charles Kevin Barry THESIS COMMITTEE Philip Helfrich, Chairman Ernst S. Reese Ralph M. Moberly, Jr. i'. - CONl'ENl'S Abstract • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ~" ..... • • • • • • • ii. ,List of figures . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • iii. List of tables • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• • • ••• • • • • • • iv. I. Introduction •••••••••••••••••••••••• 1. II. ' Characterization of the study area. • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4. A. Location. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 4. B. Description of the environment~ • • • • • • • • • • • •• 4. III. The coral Pocillopora meandrina as'a microhabitat •• • • • e" • 5. A. Presence of cormnensals. • • • . , . ,. • • • • • • • • • • • 5. B. Description of the coral'. iO', • • • • .' . • • • • • • • 7. C. Analysis of the coral. ~ '. '. 10. • .. • .' • • • .' • • • • .' • • • • IV. Collecting methods ••••• • • • • • • · . .. ' 16. V. Cormnuni ty in .....P. meandrina.. • • • • • • • • • ',' • • • • •• 17 • A. Decapod crustacean cormnensals ••••••••• • • • • • • 17. B. Other cormnensals ••••••••••••••• • • • • • • 27. C. Noncormnensals. ••••••••••••••• • • • • • • 28. VI.' Relationship between the coral and the decapod crustacean connnens als. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 29. A. Affect