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Using scars to photo-identify the goliath grouper, Epinephelus itajara

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2014

Vinicius J. Giglio ,
Johnatas Adelir-Alves  and
Athila A. Bertoncini Open the ORCID record for Athila A. Bertoncini [Opens in a new window]
Vinicius J. Giglio*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil
Johnatas Adelir-Alves
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduaçãeo em Sistemas Aquáticos Tropicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus-BA, Brazil
Athila A. Bertoncini
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biodiversidade Neotropical), Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: V.J. Giglio, Programa de Pós-Graduaçäo em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 88010-970, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil email: vj.giglio@gmail.com
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Abstract

Herein, we describe the use of scars to photo-identify the goliath grouper, Epinephelus itajara. Three individuals were photo-identified and re-sighted several times at the same site along the Brazilian coast, including the longest report for site fidelity, with more than four years.

Keywords

mark–recapturephoto-identificationreef fishendangered speciesmarine megafaunamovement patternssite fidelitybehaviourjewfish

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e108
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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