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The fishes of ascension Island, central Atlantic Ocean - new records and an annotated checklist

dc.contributor.authorWirtz, Peter
dc.contributor.authorBingeman, Jane
dc.contributor.authorBingeman, John
dc.contributor.authorFricke, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorHook, Timothy J.
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Jimmy
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:53:28Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:53:28Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.description.abstractA checklist of the fishes of Ascension Island is presented. The species Rhincodon typus, Alopias superciliosus, Isurus oxyrinchus, Carcharhinus obscurus, Galeocerdo cuvier, Sphyrna lewini, Hexanchus griseus, Manta birostris, Gymnothorax vicinus, Hippocampus sp., Epinephelus itajara, Cookeolus japonicus, Apogon pseudomaculatus, Phaeoptyx pigmentaria, Remora albescens, Caranx bartholomaei, Carangoides ruber, Decapterus tabl, Seriola dumerili, Thalassoma sanctaehelenae, Cryptotomus sp., Ruvettus pretiosus, Acanthocybium solandri, Auxis rochei, Auxis thazard, Euthynnus alletteratus, Katsuwonus pelamis, Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus obesus, Xiphias gladius, Istiophorus platypterus, Kajikia albida, Makaira nigricans, Tetrapturus pfluegeri, Hyperoglyphe perciformis, Schedophilus sp., Cantherhines macrocerus, Sphoeroides pachygaster and Diodon eydouxii are recorded for the first time from Ascension Island. We have recognized two previous records as identification errors and indicate 11 other records as doubtful. Including the 40 new records, we now list 173 fish species from Ascension Island, of which 133 might be considered 'coastal fish species'. Eleven of these (8.3%) appear to be endemic to the island and a further 16 species (12%) appear to be shared endemics with St Helena Island.
dc.description.sponsorshipDarwin Initiative [EIDCF012]
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0025315414001301
dc.identifier.issn0025-3154
dc.identifier.issn1469-7769
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11527
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectSaint-Helena-Island
dc.subjectTropical Atlantic
dc.subjectSouth-Atlantic
dc.subjectPelagic fishes
dc.subjectShore fishes
dc.subjectPhylogeography
dc.subjectEvolution
dc.subjectTeleostei
dc.subjectTransport
dc.subjectPleuronectiformes
dc.titleThe fishes of ascension Island, central Atlantic Ocean - new records and an annotated checklist
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage798
oaire.citation.issue4
oaire.citation.startPage783
oaire.citation.titleJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK
oaire.citation.volume97
person.familyNameWirtz
person.givenNamePeter
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-3920-6228
rcaap.rightsopenAccess
rcaap.typearticle
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