An updated checklist of the reef fishes of the Southeastern Reefs Marine Sanctuary of the Dominican Republic
This work presents an updated taxonomic list of the fish fauna of the coral reefs in the Southeastern Reefs Marine Sanctuary (SMASE) in the Dominican Republic. The inventory is the result of 360 visual surveys of coral reefs during the period 2013-2016. We recorded 150 species from 86 genera and 47...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | Instituto Politécnico Nacional |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-IPN |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:42559305007 |
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| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Biología Caribbean Coral reefs Biodiversity Ichthyofauna Marine Protected Area |
| Resumo: | This work presents an updated taxonomic list of the fish fauna of the coral reefs in the Southeastern Reefs Marine Sanctuary (SMASE) in the Dominican Republic. The inventory is the result of 360 visual surveys of coral reefs during the period 2013-2016. We recorded 150 species from 86 genera and 47 families, including 14 new records for the southeast coastline of the Dominican Republic. The families of fishes with the highest species number comprised Serranidae (16 species), Haemulidae (12 species) and Pomacentridae (10 species). |
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