First record of the Sea Chub, Kyphosus atlanticus (Sakai & Nakabo 2014) (Perciformes, Kyphosidae), in the extreme south of the Brazilian coast

By

Lang Dos Santos, Mauricio
Lemos, Valéria Marques
Troca, Débora Fernanda Avila
Vieira, João Paes

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-7-10

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1--5

Subjects

extension range , fish aggregation devices , Sea chubs , Western Atlantic coast

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.4.1

 

Abstract

This is the first record of Kyphosus atlanticus (Sakai & Nakabo, 2014) from Tramandai, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. In the Western Atlantic, the range of this marine fish known to extend from New England to São Paulo state, Brazil. We hypothesize that the occurrence of K. atlanticus outside its natural range is due to the recent (1968) establishment of new fish aggregation devices (two buoys, SPM-1 and SPM-2, of the Sea Terminal “Almirante Soares Dutra”), which enable this species to populate new areas.