Defining and dividing the greater Caribbean: insights from the biogeography of shorefishes

DR Robertson, KL Cramer - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The Greater Caribbean biogeographic region is the high-diversity heart of the Tropical West
Atlantic, one of four global centers of tropical marine biodiversity. The traditional view of the …

The fishes of Ascension Island, central Atlantic Ocean–new records and an annotated checklist

P Wirtz, J Bingeman, J Bingeman, R Fricke… - Journal of the Marine …, 2017 - cambridge.org
A checklist of the fishes of Ascension Island is presented. The species Rhincodon typus,
Alopias superciliosus, Isurus oxyrinchus, Carcharhinus obscurus, Galeocerdo cuvier …

The likelihood of extinction of iconic and dominant herbivores and detritivores of coral reefs: the parrotfishes and surgeonfishes

MT Comeros-Raynal, JH Choat, BA Polidoro… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Parrotfishes and surgeonfishes perform important functional roles in the dynamics of coral
reef systems. This is a consequence of their varied feeding behaviors ranging from targeted …

A multi-locus timetree of surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae, Percomorpha), with revised family taxonomy

L Sorenson, F Santini, G Carnevale… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2013 - Elsevier
We present the most comprehensive time-calibrated, species-level hypothesis of the timing
of Acanthuridae (surgeonfishes and allies) evolution based on 76% of the extant diversity …

Nutritional ecology of parrotfishes (Scarinae, Labridae)

KD Clements, JH Choat - Biology of parrotfishes, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
A focus on nutrition is generally central to the study of trophodynamics and resource
partitioning in terrestrial assemblages. In contrast, the study of trophic diversification in …

Perspectives for the lionfish invasion in the South Atlantic: Are Brazilian reefs protected by the currents?

OJ Luiz, SR Floeter, LA Rocha… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2013 - int-res.com
The Indo-Pacific lionfish species Pterois volitans and P. miles are piscivorous predators that
were introduced probably via aquarium release to the northwestern Atlantic approximately …

Revision of Bairdiella (Sciaenidae: Perciformes) from the western South Atlantic, with insights into its diversity and biogeography

AP Marceniuk, EG Molina, RA Caires… - Neotropical …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
The sciaenid genus Bairdiella comprises a group of relatively small fishes found in inshore
waters and estuaries of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. Despite recent analyses of …

[HTML][HTML] Lista sistemática y afinidades zoogeográficas de la ictiofauna del Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, México

LF Del Moral-Flore, JL Tello-Musi… - Revista Mexicana de …, 2013 - Elsevier
Se presenta una lista taxonómica de la composición de la ictiofauna del Sistema Arrecifal
Veracruzano. El inventario es resultado de los censos visuales realizados en el sistema …

[HTML][HTML] The fishes of St Helena Island, central Atlantic Ocean—new records and an annotated check-list

J Brown, A Beard, E Clingham, R Fricke, L Henry… - Zootaxa, 2019 - mapress.com
A check-list of the fishes of St Helena Island is presented. The following species are
recorded for the first time from St. Helena Island: Rhincodon typus, Mobula tarapacana …

Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist

WF Smith-Vaniz, HL Jelks - Zootaxa, 2014 - biotaxa.org
An historical account is given for the ichthyological research at St. Croix, US Virgin Islands,
followed by an annotated list of 544 species of mostly marine shore fishes known or reported …