Marine ichthyofauna of Santa Catarina Island, Southern Brazil: checklist with comments on the species

Abstract

This study aimed to present a checklist of marine fishes from coastal environments of the Island of Santa Catarina, including comments on the zoogeographic affinities, conservation status of each species, and functional groups. A total of 169 fish species belonging to 30 orders and 58 families were recorded. The most speciose families were Sciaenidae, Carangidae and, Engraulidae, representing 26,62% of the recorded species. Anchoa was the richest genus, followed by Sphoeroides and Cynoscion. Most of the species have their distribution limited to the western Atlantic, and two groups of fish were distinguished according to the species distributions: 1) species occurring in the Caribbean and in the Brazilian Province; and 2) Transatlantic species. Thirteen species are critically threatened, 10 are overexploited on the Brazilian coast, and 2 are threatened by extinction. Most of the species are either marine stragglers or marine migrants, and most of them are zoobenthivores, piscivores, or both.

Environmental factors in the spatial variability of demersal fish in a subtropical estuary and adjacent continental shelf

“…In this study, we found that the composition and structure of fish communities in general in the PEC and adjacent continental shelf follow a pattern observed in tropical western Atlantic estuaries (Blaber 1997(Blaber , 2002, with a predominance of species of the family Sciaenidae, which in this study represented more than 51% of all recorded families. For example, in a survey of the fish fauna on Santa Catarina Island in southern Brazil, of the 58 species recorded, 20 were classified as Sciaenidae (Ribeiro et al 2019). A pioneering survey (Vinson et al 2004) showed that because of the importance of the family Sciaenidae in that ecosystem (Barletta-Bergan et al 2002), it was necessary to deepen it using more refined techniques with phylogenetic studies.…”

Análise Interanual Da Assembleia De Peixes Estuarinos Após Impacto De Construção De Obra Rodoviária No Litoral Sul Do Brasil

“…Os peixes capturados foram identificados ao menor nível taxonômico possível e categorizados em guildas de uso do estuário (uso do habitat) e guildas alimentares (dieta) (Figueiredo & Menezes, 1978Fischer, 1978;, 1985Guimarães, 1996;Elliott et al, 2007;Denadai et al, 2013;Silva-Junior;Carvalho & Vianna, 2013;Passos et al, 2013;Marceniuk et al, 2016;Marceniuk, 2018;Betancur-r et al, 2017;Froese & Pauly, 2019;Ribeiro et al, 2019;Eschmeyer, 2020).…”

Biomarcadores histológicos em brânquias e fígados de Sciades herzbergii (Bloch, 1794) em uma área portuária e em uma de proteção ambiental – MA, Brasil / Histological biomarkers in Sciades herzbergii (Bloch, 1794) gills and livers in a port area and an environmental protection area - MA, Brazil

“…Sendo assim, as áreas portuárias são consideradas fontes de substâncias tóxicas, nas quais existem poluentes capazes de afetar negativamente os ecossistemas marinhos (SOUSA; ALMEIDA; CARVALHO-NETA, 2013). Os ambientes estuarinos possuem grande produtividade biológica, que é ameaçada por atividades antrópicas, como pesca predatória e atividades portuárias, o que pode acarretar à perda de habitat, introdução de espécies e poluição ambiental (RIBEIRO et al, 2019).…”