Brazilian tropical fishes in their southern limit of distribution: checklist of Santa Catarina’s rocky reef ichthyofauna, remarks and new records

By

Anderson, Antônio Batista
Carvalho Filho, Alfredo
Morais, Renato Araujo
Nunes, Lucas Teixeira
Quimbayo, Juan Pablo
Floeter, Sergio Ricardo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-7-13

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1688--25

Subjects

Atlantic Subtropical Convergence , Elasmobranchii , rocky reefs , Southwestern Atlantic Shelf , Teleostei , Upwelling

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1688

 

Abstract

We present a checklist of 278 species of reef fishes recorded along the coastline of Santa Catarina state, the southernmost limit of distribution of tropical ichthyofauna on the coast of Brazil. Twelve new species records for this state are presented: Acanthurus coeruleus, Acanthurus monroviae, Apogon americanus, Cantherhines macrocerus, Chaetodon sedentarius, Chromis flavicauda, Clepticus brasiliensis, Decapterus punctatus, Gymnothorax vicinus, Herpetoichthys regius, Muraena retifera and Stegastes partitus. Stegastes partitus and H. regius are reported for the first time, respectively, from the Southwestern Atlantic and for the coastal part of this region, while Acanthurus monroviae is reported for the second time for the Southwestern Atlantic. We present habitat distribution, trophic structure and comment on biogeographic affinities of this transitional region, discussing both remarkable species presences and absences.