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Checklist of marine fish from coastal islands of Rio de Janeiro, with remarks on marine conservation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2014

Cassiano Monteiro-Neto ,
Áthila A. Bertoncini ,
Laís de C.T. Chaves ,
Ramon Noguchi ,
José P. Mendonça-Neto  and
Carlos A. Rangel
Cassiano Monteiro-Neto
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Laboratório ECOPESCA—Biologia do Nécton e Ecologia Pesqueira, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Marinha, Outeiro São João Batista, s/nº, Caixa Postal 100.644, 24001-970, Niterói, RJ, Brasil
Áthila A. Bertoncini*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Laboratório ECOPESCA—Biologia do Nécton e Ecologia Pesqueira, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Marinha, Outeiro São João Batista, s/nº, Caixa Postal 100.644, 24001-970, Niterói, RJ, Brasil
Laís de C.T. Chaves
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Oceanografia, Programa de Pós Graduação em Oceanografia, Avenida Arquitetura, s/nº,Cidade Universitária, 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brasil
Ramon Noguchi
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação de Ambientes Recifais (LECAR), Instituto de Biologia, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia
José P. Mendonça-Neto
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Laboratório ECOPESCA—Biologia do Nécton e Ecologia Pesqueira, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Marinha, Outeiro São João Batista, s/nº, Caixa Postal 100.644, 24001-970, Niterói, RJ, Brasil
Carlos A. Rangel
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Laboratório ECOPESCA—Biologia do Nécton e Ecologia Pesqueira, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Marinha, Outeiro São João Batista, s/nº, Caixa Postal 100.644, 24001-970, Niterói, RJ, Brasil ONG Instituto Mar Adentro (Projeto Ilhas do Rio)
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Á.A. Bertoncini, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Laboratório ECOPESCA, Biologia do Nécton e Ecologia Pesqueira, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Marinha, Outeiro São João Batista, s/nº, Caixa Postal 100.644, 24001-970, Niterói, RJ, Brasil email: athilapeixe@gmail.com
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Abstract

We present a species checklist, characterizing the ichthyofaunal composition of four coastal archipelagos in waters off the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data were obtained from ~120 h of underwater observations, published and unpublished information, including new species records. A total of 197 fish species (78 new records), belonging to 130 genera and 61 families, were observed. The family Carangidae (17) dominated in number of species, followed by Labridae and Serranidae (10 each), Epinephelidae and Scaridae (9 each). Most species are distributed along the tropical western Atlantic (51.8%) or on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean (20.5%). A minor part is endemic to Brazil (9.7%) or range to temperate rocky reefs of Patagonia (6.7%). Fourteen species are threatened, according to the IUCN, and listed under the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment red list (6.6%). Despite an increment of fish species listed herein, and the recent establishment/creation of a Marine Protected Area (Monumento Natural das Ilhas Cagarras—MoNa Cagarras), research efforts are clearly needed along these archipelagos, as nearshore environmental threats increase due to lack of regulatory practices.

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reef fishcoastal archipelagosMoNa CagarrasMarine Protected Areasouth-western Atlantic

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e139
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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