Marine ichthyofauna of Santa Catarina Island, Southern Brazil: checklist with comments on the species

Authors

  • Gisela Costa Ribeiro Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Núcleo de Estudos do Mar
  • André Pereira Cattani Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro de Estudos do Mar, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemas Costeiros e Oceânicos
  • Mauricio Hostim-Silva Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Biológicas e Agrárias
  • Leandro Clezar Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Núcleo de Estudos do Mar
  • Ana Carolina dos Passos Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Oceanografia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Oceanografia Ambiental
  • Marcelo Soeth Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro de Estudos do Mar, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemas Costeiros e Oceânicos
  • Olímpio Rafael Cardoso Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro de Estudos do Mar, Laboratório de Ecologia de Peixes Beira-mar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3392-9687
  • Henry Louis Spach Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro de Estudos do Mar, Laboratório de Ecologia de Peixes Beira-mar

Keywords:

fish, species list, Southwest Atlantic

Abstract

Abstract: This study aimed to present a checklist of marine fishes from coastal environments of the Island of Santa Catarina, including comments on the zoogeographic affinities, conservation status of each species, and functional groups. A total of 169 fish species belonging to 30 orders and 58 families were recorded. The most speciose families were Sciaenidae, Carangidae and, Engraulidae, representing 26,62% of the recorded species. Anchoa was the richest genus, followed by Sphoeroides and Cynoscion. Most of the species have their distribution limited to the western Atlantic, and two groups of fish were distinguished according to the species distributions: 1) species occurring in the Caribbean and in the Brazilian Province; and 2) Transatlantic species. Thirteen species are critically threatened, 10 are overexploited on the Brazilian coast, and 2 are threatened by extinction. Most of the species are either marine stragglers or marine migrants, and most of them are zoobenthivores, piscivores, or both.

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2019-01-01

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Ribeiro, G. C., Cattani, A. P., Hostim-Silva, M., Clezar, L., Passos, A. C. dos, Soeth, M., Cardoso, O. R., & Spach, H. L. (2019). Marine ichthyofauna of Santa Catarina Island, Southern Brazil: checklist with comments on the species. Biota Neotropica, 19(3). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1652

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