Annotated checklist of the coastal ichthyofauna from Michoacán State, Mexico

By

Torres-Hernández, Eloisa
Palacios-Morales, Georgina
Romero-Gallardo, Salvador
Salazar-Araujo, Paloma
García-Meraz, Adrián
Madrigal-Guridi, Xavier
Del Moral Flores, Luis Fernando
Domínguez-Domínguez, Omar

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

606

Pages

99-126

Subjects

Coastal fish , Estuaries , marine , Mexican Central Pacific , Systematic list

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.606.9004

 

Abstract

This study is the first to complete an intensive and comprehensive list of the ichthyofauna of nearly all ecosystems of the Michoacán coast, Mexico. The resulting systematic checklist, supplemented with information from the literature and scientific collections, comprises 440 species belonging to two classes, 31 orders, 104 families, and 264 genera. The families with the highest number of species were Sciaenidae (30 spp.), Carangidae (26), Haemulidae (24), Serranidae (21), Paralichthyidae, and Gobiidae (13). Of the total species list, 134 represent first records for the Michoacán State, and one is a first record for Mexico. The results expand the number of known fish species of the Michoacán coast by almost one third and will help to develop conservation and management plans for this coastal zone.