Ocorrência do "Camarupim": Megalops atlanticus Val., na região lagunar de Cananéia

Abstract

Megalops atlanticus VaI.,-é o UlllCO representante da família Megalopidae e do gênero do mesmo nome nas águas do Atlântico tropical. Anteriormente, êsses peixes foram incluídos nas famílias Clupeidae e Elopidae. Os nomes genérico e específico possuem vários sinônimos como :

Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 (Elopiformes, Megalopidae): new records for the state of São Paulo, with comments on its occurrence in the southeastern coast of Brazil, Southwest Atlantic

“…The remaining records included other sources such as an old publication (Sadowsky 1958), which presented records of 2 catches, and 2 recent captures of M. atlanticus shared by fishing guides.…”

“…The occurrence of M. atlanticus in São Paulo was based only in anecdotal observations made in the 1950s on the south coast by Sadowsky (1958) and on uncertain data (see below) from the PROPESQ database. According to Sadowsky, the fishers of the Cananéia lagoon-estuarine complex knew about the occurrence of Tarpon, but considered its capture uncommon, with only 2 to 4 individuals captured each year during the warm season (September to March) (Sadowsky 1958).…”

“…The occurrence of M. atlanticus in São Paulo was based only in anecdotal observations made in the 1950s on the south coast by Sadowsky (1958) and on uncertain data (see below) from the PROPESQ database. According to Sadowsky, the fishers of the Cananéia lagoon-estuarine complex knew about the occurrence of Tarpon, but considered its capture uncommon, with only 2 to 4 individuals captured each year during the warm season (September to March) (Sadowsky 1958). He thought that occurrence of M. atlanticus along the south coast of São Paulo could be explained as a few stray individuals that had entered the estuarine system after separating from a school at the end of a long migration (Sadowsky 1958).…”

“…Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 (Elopiformes, Megalopidae), popularly known as Tarpon in English, sábalo in Spanish, and camarupim or tarpão in Portuguese, is widely distributed in the Western Atlantic Ocean, from Nova Scotia (Canada) to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (Brazil) (Sadowsky 1958, Zale and Merrifield 1989, Crabtree et al 1993, Adams et al 2012. This species is also in the Eastern Atlantic, off Africa, from Mauritania to Angola (Anyanwu and Kusemiju 2008), and in the North Atlantic (Portugal, including the Azores, France, and Ireland) (Twomey and Byrne 1985).…”

“…In southeastern Brazil, M. atlanticus is rarely recorded for São Paulo state, where it may occur sporadically. There is an old report of 2 specimens captured in Cananéia on the south coast of this state in October 1958 (Sadowsky 1958). However, current information on the presence of M. atlanticus in São Paulo is not available in academic literature.…”