New records of fishes for the Vitória-Trindade Chain, southwestern Atlantic

By

Guabiroba, Helder Coelho
Pimentel, Caio Ribeiro
Mariano Macieira, Raphael
Cardozo-Ferreira, Gabriel Costa
Teixeira, João Batista
Gasparini, João Luiz
Joyeux, Jean-Christophe
Simon, Thiony
Rocha, Luiz
Pinheiro, Hudson Tercio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-6-10

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

699--705

Subjects

Biodiversity , Biogeography , Brazilian Province , Conservation , oceanic islands , Reef fish , Seamounts

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.699

 

Abstract

Oceanic islands and seamounts play an important role on the origin and maintenance of biodiversity, however, these environments are still poorly understood. Here we report 15 new records of reef fish species for the Davis Seamount, Trindade Island and Martin Vaz Archipelago, in the Vitoria-Trindade Chain (VTC). Such isolated sites are among the last frontier for shallow reef exploration in the South Atlantic, and more scientific effort is needed to better understand their biogeography and to help in conservation efforts.