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Table 2 
Taxonomic list of individual fish species caught 
in pools at Praia dos Castelhanos, Espirito Santo, Brazil. Family order follows 
Nelson (2006). Residency status is adapted from Griffiths (2003): permanent resident (PR), opportunist (0), transient (T), inde- 
terminate (I). 
Family and taxa Residency status 
Family and taxa Residency status 
Muraenidae 
Chaetodontidae 
Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1840 
PR 
Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758 
O 
Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 1829) 
PR 
Pomacentridae 
Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855) 
PR 
Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) 
O 
Ophichthidae 
Stegastes fuscus (Cuvier, 1830) 
PR 
Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884) 
PR 
Stegastes variabilis (Castelnau, 1855) 
O 
Letharchus aliculatus McCosker, 1974 
PR 
Stegastes sp. (Unindentified larvae) 
I 
Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson, 1848) 
O 
Labridae 
Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825) 
O 
Doratonotus megalepis Gunther, 1862 
O 
Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder, 1927 
PR 
Halichoeres brasiliensis (Bloch, 1791) 
O 
Clupeidae 
Halichoeres poeyi (Steindachner, 1867) 
O 
Unindentified larvae 
I 
Halichoeres sp. (Unindentified larvae) 
I 
Ophidiidae 
Sparisoma axillare (Steindachner, 1878) 
O 
Raneya brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856) 
T 
Dactyloscopidae 
Mugilidae 
Dactyloscopus tridigitatus Gill, 1859 
T 
Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 
T 
Blenniidae 
Mugil liza Valenciennes, 1836 
T 
Parablennius marmoreus (Poey, 1875) 
T 
Atherinopsidae 
Scartella cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) 
PR 
Atherinella brasiliensis 
T 
Unindentified blenniid larvae 
I 
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) 
Labrisomidae 
Belonidae 
Labrisomus nuchipinnis 
PR 
Strongylura timucu (Walbaum, 1792) 
T 
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) 
Syngnathidae 
Malacoctenus delalandei 
PR 
Bryx dunckeri (Metzelaar, 1919) 
T 
(Valenciennes, 1836) 
Micrognathus crinitus (Jenyns, 1842) 
T 
Paraclinus arcanus 
T 
Scorpaenidae 
Guimaraes & Bacellar, 2002 
Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789 
O 
Gobiesocidae 
Epinephelidae 
Gobiesox barbatulus Starks, 1913 
O 
Rypticus subbifrenatus Gill, 1861 
O 
Gobiidae 
Apogonidae 
Barbulifer ceuthoecus 
T 
Apogon americanus Castelnau, 1855 
PR 
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1884) 
Phaeoptyx pigmentaria (Poey, 1860) 
PR 
Barbulifer enigmaticus Joyeux, Van Tassell 
PR 
Carangidae 
& Macieira, 2009 
Carangoides bartholomaei (Cuvier, 1833) 
T 
Bathygobius mystacium Ginsburg, 1947 
PR 
Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831 
T 
Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837) 
PR 
Lutjanidae 
Bathygobius sp. (Unindentified larvae) 
I 
Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) 
O 
Coryphopterus glaucofraenum Gill, 1863 
PR 
Gerreidae 
Ctenogobius boleosoma 
PR 
Eucinostomus argenteus 
T 
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) 
Baird & Girard, 1855 
Ctenogobius saepepallens 
O 
Eucinostomus lefroyi (Goode, 1874) 
T 
(Gilbert & Randall, 1968) 
Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863) 
T 
Gobiosoma hemigymnum 
PR 
Eucinostomus spp. (Unindentified larvae) 
I 
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) 
Haemulidae 
Acanthuridae 
Anisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
T 
Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 
O 
Haemulon aurolineatum Cuvier, 1830 
O 
Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787) 
O 
Haemulon parra (Desmarest, 1823) 
O 
Paralichthyidae 
Haemulon plumieri (Lacepede, 1801) 
T 
Etropus longimanus Norman, 1933 
T 
Haemulon steindachneri 
T 
Tetraodontidae 
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) 
Sphoeroides greeleyi (Gilbert, 1900) 
T 
Sparidae 
Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes, 1830) 
T 
