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Fish Assemblages of Cais Do Carva˜O Bay (Madeira Island) Determined by the Visual Census Technique
Journal of Fish Biology (2005) 67, 1568–1584 doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2005.00861.x,availableonlineathttp://www.blackwell-synergy.com Fish assemblages of Cais do Carva˜o Bay (Madeira Island) determined by the visual census technique C. RIBEIRO*†, A. J. A LMEIDA‡, R. ARAU´JO*, M. BISCOITO* AND M. FREITAS* *Estac¸a˜o de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Promenade da Orla Marı´tima do Funchal, Gorgulho, 9000-107 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal and ‡IMAR, Laborato´rio Marı´timo da Guia, DBA, Faculdade de Cieˆncias da Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada do Guincho, 2750-642 Cascais, Portugal (Received 19 October 2004, Accepted 23 May 2005) Fish assemblages in Cais do Carva˜o Bay, Madeira Island, a proposed marine protected area (MPA), were determined from a diver visual census. A total of 32 transect counts were per- formed. Habitats sampled included sandy bottom, rocky boulders, vertical walls and rocky outcrops. Species richness, diversity, density, trophic structure, size and spatial organization were documented for the fish assemblages. Forty-four species from 23 families were encountered; 32% belonged to Sparidae (10) and Labridae (four). The greatest species richness (25) was observed in rocky boulder habitat at 10–15 m depth, while the lowest (five) occurred over a deeper sand habitat. The greatest density (760Á5 individuals per 100 m2) was recorded over rocky outcropping (20–25 m deep), and the lowest of 11Á6 individuals per 100 m2 was over a sand bottom at 10–15 m depth. Thalassoma pavo, Abudefduf luridus and Chromis limbata had higher densities on hard bottoms, while Heteroconger longissimus was the most abundant species in sand bottom habitats. -
St. Kitts Final Report
ReefFix: An Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Ecosystem Services Valuation and Capacity Building Project for the Caribbean ST. KITTS AND NEVIS FIRST DRAFT REPORT JUNE 2013 PREPARED BY PATRICK I. WILLIAMS CONSULTANT CLEVERLY HILL SANDY POINT ST. KITTS PHONE: 1 (869) 765-3988 E-MAIL: [email protected] 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. Table of Contents 3 List of Figures 6 List of Tables 6 Glossary of Terms 7 Acronyms 10 Executive Summary 12 Part 1: Situational analysis 15 1.1 Introduction 15 1.2 Physical attributes 16 1.2.1 Location 16 1.2.2 Area 16 1.2.3 Physical landscape 16 1.2.4 Coastal zone management 17 1.2.5 Vulnerability of coastal transportation system 19 1.2.6 Climate 19 1.3 Socio-economic context 20 1.3.1 Population 20 1.3.2 General economy 20 1.3.3 Poverty 22 1.4 Policy frameworks of relevance to marine resource protection and management in St. Kitts and Nevis 23 1.4.1 National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) 23 1.4.2 National Physical Development Plan (2006) 23 1.4.3 National Environmental Management Strategy (NEMS) 23 1.4.4 National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NABSAP) 26 1.4.5 Medium Term Economic Strategy Paper (MTESP) 26 1.5 Legislative instruments of relevance to marine protection and management in St. Kitts and Nevis 27 1.5.1 Development Control and Planning Act (DCPA), 2000 27 1.5.2 National Conservation and Environmental Protection Act (NCEPA), 1987 27 1.5.3 Public Health Act (1969) 28 1.5.4 Solid Waste Management Corporation Act (1996) 29 1.5.5 Water Courses and Water Works Ordinance (Cap. -
Sharkcam Fishes
SharkCam Fishes A Guide to Nekton at Frying Pan Tower By Erin J. Burge, Christopher E. O’Brien, and jon-newbie 1 Table of Contents Identification Images Species Profiles Additional Info Index Trevor Mendelow, designer of SharkCam, on August 31, 2014, the day of the original SharkCam installation. SharkCam Fishes. A Guide to Nekton at Frying Pan Tower. 5th edition by Erin J. Burge, Christopher E. O’Brien, and jon-newbie is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. For questions related to this guide or its usage contact Erin Burge. The suggested citation for this guide is: Burge EJ, CE O’Brien and jon-newbie. 2020. SharkCam Fishes. A Guide to Nekton at Frying Pan Tower. 5th edition. Los Angeles: Explore.org Ocean Frontiers. 201 pp. Available online http://explore.org/live-cams/player/shark-cam. Guide version 5.0. 24 February 2020. 2 Table of Contents Identification Images Species Profiles Additional Info Index TABLE OF CONTENTS SILVERY FISHES (23) ........................... 47 African Pompano ......................................... 48 FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION .............. 6 Crevalle Jack ................................................. 49 IDENTIFICATION IMAGES ...................... 10 Permit .......................................................... 50 Sharks and Rays ........................................ 10 Almaco Jack ................................................. 51 Illustrations of SharkCam -
Updated Checklist of Marine Fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the Proposed Extension of the Portuguese Continental Shelf
European Journal of Taxonomy 73: 1-73 ISSN 2118-9773 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.73 www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu 2014 · Carneiro M. et al. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Monograph urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9A5F217D-8E7B-448A-9CAB-2CCC9CC6F857 Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf Miguel CARNEIRO1,5, Rogélia MARTINS2,6, Monica LANDI*,3,7 & Filipe O. COSTA4,8 1,2 DIV-RP (Modelling and Management Fishery Resources Division), Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Av. Brasilia 1449-006 Lisboa, Portugal. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 3,4 CBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] * corresponding author: [email protected] 5 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:90A98A50-327E-4648-9DCE-75709C7A2472 6 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:1EB6DE00-9E91-407C-B7C4-34F31F29FD88 7 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:6D3AC760-77F2-4CFA-B5C7-665CB07F4CEB 8 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:48E53CF3-71C8-403C-BECD-10B20B3C15B4 Abstract. The study of the Portuguese marine ichthyofauna has a long historical tradition, rooted back in the 18th Century. Here we present an annotated checklist of the marine fishes from Portuguese waters, including the area encompassed by the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf and the Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ). The list is based on historical literature records and taxon occurrence data obtained from natural history collections, together with new revisions and occurrences. -
Age Estimation and Growth Pattern of the Island Grouper, Mycteroperca Fusca (Serranidae) in an Island Population on the Northwest Coast of Africa
SCIENTIA MARINA 73(2) June 2009, 319-328, Barcelona (Spain) ISSN: 0214-8358 doi: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n2319 Age estimation and growth pattern of the island grouper, Mycteroperca fusca (Serranidae) in an island population on the northwest coast of Africa ROCÍO BUSTOS, ÁNGEL LUQUE and JOSÉ G. PAJUELO Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario de Tafira, Edificio de Ciencias Básicas, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]. SUMMARY: Mycteroperca fusca is one of the main predators of the Canarian archipelago coastal marine ecosystem. Noth- ing is known on the life history or population dynamics of this predatory serranid fish. In this study, age and growth of M. fusca were investigated by annual growth increment counts from 214 fish collected between January 2004 and December 2005. A year’s growth is represented by one opaque and one translucent ring. The island grouper is a slow-growing and long-lived species, with ages up to twenty years recorded. Length at age was described by the von Bertalanffy growth -1 model (L∞=898 mm; k=0.062 year ; and t0= −3.83 year), the Schnute growth model (y1=262 mm; y2=707 mm; a=0.008; -1 and b=1.98), and the seasonalised von Bertalanffy growth model (L∞=908 mm; k=0.061 year ; t0= −3.83 year; C=2.58; and ts=0.542). Males and females show differences in growth. Keywords: Mycteroperca fusca, grouper, age, growth, otoliths. RESUMEN: Estimación de la edad y patrón de crecimiento del abade, MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA (Serranidae) en una población isleña en la costa noroeste de África. -
Of the FLORIDA STATE MUSEUM Biological Sciences
2% - p.*' + 0.:%: 4.' 1%* B -944 3 =5. M.: - . * 18 . .,:i -/- JL J-1.4:7 - of the FLORIDA STATE MUSEUM Biological Sciences Volume 24 1979 Number 1 THE ORIGIN AND SEASONALITY OF THE FISH FAUNA ON A NEW JETTY IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ROBERT W. HASTINGS *S 0 4 - ' In/ g. .f, i»-ly -.Id UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - GAINESVILLE Numbers of the Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences, are pub- lished at irregular intervals. Volumes contain about 300 pages and are not necessarily completed in any one calendar year. John William Hardy, Editor Rhoda J. Rybak, Managing Editor Consultants for this issue: Robert L. Shipp Donald P. deSylva Communications concerning purchase or exchange of the publications and all manuscripts should be addressed to: Managing Editor, Bulletin; Florida State Museum; University of Florida; Gainesville, Florida 32611. Copyright © 1979 by the Florida State Museum of the University of Florida. This public document was promulgated at an annual cost of $3,589.40, or $3.589 per copy. It makes available to libraries, scholars, and all interested persons the results of researches in the natural sciences, emphasizing the circum-Caribbean region. Publication date: November 12, 1979 Price, $3.60 THE ORIGIN AND SEASONALITY OF THE FISH FAUNA ON A NEW JETTY IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ROBERT W. HASTINGS1 SYNOPSIS: The establishment of the fish fauna on a new jetty at East Pass at the mouth of Choctawhatchee Bay, Okaloosa County, Florida, was studied from June, 1968, to January, 1971. Important components of the jetty fauna during its initial stages of development were: (a) original residents that exhibit some attraction to reef habitats, including some sand-beach inhabitants, several pelagic species, and a few ubiquitous estuarine species; and (b) reef fishes originating from permanent populations on offshore reefs. -
Islnad Grouper Status Review 2015
Island Grouper (Mycteroperca fusca) Status Review Report Photo Credit: Philippe Burnel © July 2015 Ronald J. Salz Fishery Biologist National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Silver Spring, MD Acknowledgements I thank João Pedro Barreiros, Claudia Ribeiro, and Fernando Tuya for providing their time, expertise, and insights as external peer reviewers of this report. I also thank the following NMFS co-workers who provided valuable information and feedback as internal reviewers: Dwayne Meadows, Maggie Miller, Marta Nammack, Angela Somma, and Chelsea Young. Other helpful sources of information were George Sedberry, Carlos Ferreira Santos, Albertino Martins, Rui Freitas, and the Portugal National Institute of Statistics. I also thank NOAA librarian Caroline Woods for quickly responding to article requests, and Philippe Burnel for allowing me to use his island grouper photograph on the cover page. This document should be cited as: Salz, R. J. 2015. Island Grouper (Mycteroperca fusca) Draft Status Review Report. Report to National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources. July 2015, 69 pp. 2 Executive Summary On July 15, 2013, NMFS received a petition to list 81 species of marine organisms as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). If an ESA petition is found to present substantial scientific or commercial information that the petitioned action may be warranted, a status review shall be promptly commenced (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). NMFS determined that for 27 of the 81 species, including the island grouper (Mycteroperca fusca), the petition had sufficient merit for consideration and that a status review was warranted (79 FR 10104, February 24, 2014). -
Workshop for Red List Assessments of Groupers
Workshop for Global Red List Assessments of Groupers Family Serranidae; subfamily Epinephelinae FINAL REPORT April 30th, 2007 Prepared by Yvonne Sadovy Chair, Groupers & Wrasses Specialist Group The University of Hong Kong (24 pages) Introduction The groupers (Family Serranidae; Subfamily Epinephelinae) comprise about 160 species globally in the tropics and sub-tropics. Many groupers are commercially important and assessments to date on a subset of species suggest that the group might be particularly vulnerable to fishing. An assessment of all grouper species is needed to examine the sub- family as a whole and set conservation and management priorities as indicated. The Serranidae is also a priority family for the Global Marine Species Assessment. This report summarizes the outcomes of the first complete red listing assessment for groupers conducted by the Groupers and Wrasses IUCN Specialist Group (GWSG) at a workshop in Hong Kong. The Workshop for Global Red List Assessments of Groupers took place 7-11 February, 2007, at the Robert Black College of the University of Hong Kong (HKU). The 5-day workshop was designed to complete red list assessments for all grouper species. Of a total of 161 grouper species globally, only 22 are included on the IUCN Red List with a currently valid assessment; several need to be reassessed and the remaining 100+ have never been assessed. The aim of the workshop, therefore, was to assess 139 groupers to complete all 161 species. The workshop had 23 participants, including many highly respected grouper experts, coming from eleven countries (see cover photo of participants). All members of the GWSG were invited in circulation. -
Composition, Structure and Diversity of Fish Assemblages Across Seascape
African Journal of Marine Science ISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tams20 Composition, structure and diversity of fish assemblages across seascape types at Príncipe, an understudied tropical island in the Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean) F Otero-Ferrer , F Tuya , NE Bosch Guerra , A Herrero-Barrencua , AD Abreu & R Haroun To cite this article: F Otero-Ferrer , F Tuya , NE Bosch Guerra , A Herrero-Barrencua , AD Abreu & R Haroun (2020) Composition, structure and diversity of fish assemblages across seascape types at Príncipe, an understudied tropical island in the Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean), African Journal of Marine Science, 42:4, 381-391, DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2020.1826358 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2020.1826358 Published online: 16 Dec 2020. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 15 View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tams20 African Journal of Marine Science 2020, 42(4): 381–391 Copyright © NISC (Pty) Ltd Printed in South Africa — All rights reserved AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE ISSN 1814-232X EISSN 1814-2338 https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2020.1826358 Composition, structure and diversity of fish assemblages across seascape types at Príncipe, an understudied tropical island in the Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean) F Otero-Ferrer1* , F Tuya1 , NE Bosch Guerra2, A Herrero-Barrencua3 , AD Abreu4 -
Age and Growth of Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus Marginatus
311 Abstract—We examined the age Age and growth of dusky grouper (Epinephelus and growth of dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) at off- marginatus) (Perciformes: Epinephelidae) shore Carpinteiro Bank (32°16′S; in the southwestern Atlantic, with a size 52°47′W) in the southwestern Atlantic through the analysis of comparison of offshore and littoral habitats growth increments in otoliths. We also examined the hypoth- Mario V. Condini (contact author)1 esis that this offshore habitat Cristiano Q. Albuquerque2 represents a superior site for Alexandre M. Garcia1 fish growth compared with in- shore habitats. Samples con- Email address for contact author: [email protected] sisted of 211 groupers captured by small-scale fisheries between 1 Instituto de Oceanografia 2008 and 2011 and with total Universidade Federal do Rio Grande lengths ranging from 150 to Avenida Itália km 8, Carreiros 1160 mm. Otolith growth incre- 96201-900, Rio Grande ments were deposited once per Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil year, and opaque bands formed 2 Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia mostly during the summer, as Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo determined through marginal 29075-900, Vitória increment analysis. Ages ranged Espírito Santo, Brazil from 1 to 40 years, and most fish were aged to be between 2 and 8 years (global mean: 7.4 years, standard deviation 6.9). Von Bertalanffy growth parameters for pooled sexes were L∞=900.9 The dusky grouper (Epinephelus Harmelin-Vivien, 2004), with a de- mm, K=0.129 and t0=−1.45. Fish marginatus) (Epinephelidae) inhab- -
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PERCIFORMES (part 4) · 1 The© Christopher ETYFishScharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara Project COMMENTS: v. 1.0 - 11 March 2021 Order PERCIFORMES (part 4) Suborder SERRANOIDEI (part 2 of 3) Family SERRANIDAE Sea Basses and Groupers (part 2 of 2) Subfamily Epinephelinae Groupers 17 genera · 189 species Aethaloperca Fowler 1904 aethalos, sooty or black, presumably referring to pale-brown to black color of A. rogaa; perca, perch, i.e., a perch-like fish [treated as a synonym of Cephalopholis by some workers] Aethaloperca rogaa (Fabricius 1775) Rogáa, Arabic name for the grouper along the Red Sea of Saudi Arabia Alphestes Bloch & Schneider 1801 ancient Greek name for a greedy, incontinent fish with a bad reputation, sometimes said to swim in pairs, one behind the other, possibly Symphodus tinca (per Jordan & Evermann 1896), a wrasse; its application to a grouper is not explained Alphestes afer (Bloch 1793) African, described from Guinea, West Africa (but also occurs in western Atlantic from Bermuda and North Carolina south to Uruguay, including southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea) Alphestes immaculatus Breder 1936 im-, not; maculatus, spotted, referring to plain coloration (actually mottled, with spotted fins), compared to the profusely spotted P. multiguttatus Alphestes multiguttatus (Günther 1867) multi-, many; guttatus, spotted, referring to head and body profusely covered with dark-brown spots (which often coalesce to form horizontal streaks) Anyperodon Günther 1859 etymology not explained, presumably an-, not; [h]yper, upper; odon, tooth, referring to absence of teeth on palatine Anyperodon leucogrammicus (Valenciennes 1828) leucos, white; grammicus, lined, referring to three whitish longitudinal bands on sides Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 cephalus, head; pholis, scale, referring to completely scaled head of C. -
A New Record of the Brassy Chub, Kyphosus Vaigiensis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Kyphosidae), from the Mediterranean Sea
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 51(2), 2021, 219–223 | DOI 10.3897/aiep.51.64069 A new record of the brassy chub, Kyphosus vaigiensis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Kyphosidae), from the Mediterranean Sea Lilia Labiba GROUD1, Lamya CHAOUI1, M. Hichem KARA1 1 Laboratoire Bioressources Marines, Université d’Annaba Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, Algeria http://zoobank.org/FF5F15F1-2CC6-461F-8A39-27A0733EFC76 Corresponding author: M. Hichem Kara ([email protected]) Academic editor: P. Karachle ♦ Received 14 July 2020 ♦ Accepted 6 February 2021 ♦ Published 12 July 2021 Citation: Groud LL, Chaoui L, Kara MH (2021) A new record of the brassy chub, Kyphosus vaigiensis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Kyphosidae), from the Mediterranean Sea. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 51(2): 219–223. https://doi.org/10.3897/aiep.51.64069 Abstract One individual of the brassy chub, Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy et Gaimard, 1825) (41.5 cm TL, 1.27 kg TW), was caught off Annaba, on the eastern coasts of Algeria in December 2013. This circumtropical fish is found for the first time on the south-western Mediter- ranean coasts. The chronology of its records in the Mediterranean supports the hypothesis of its Atlantic origin. Keywords alien species, first record,Kyphosus vaigiensis, Mediterranean, Algeria Introduction was listed in the Mediterranean fish fauna (Tortonese 1975, 1986) based on old records (1846–1903) of a few The taxonomy of sea chubs (Kyphosidae, Kyphosus) was individuals at Trieste, Palermo, and Genoa in Italy (Orsi confused for a long time (Orsi Relini 2017). The perci- Relini et al. 2011). Since then, it has been reported several form family Kyphosidae currently accommodates 12 spe- times in the western and central Mediterranean, often un- cies in two genera: Neoscorpis Smith, 1931 and Kyphosus der invalid names such as Kyphosus saltatrix (Linnaeus, Lacepède, 1801 (see Knudsen and Clements 2013, 2016; 1758) (see Kiparissis et al.