Checklist dos peixes marinhos do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

Abstract

MENEZES, N.A. Checklist of marine fishes from São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 11(1a): http://www. biotaneotropica.org.br/v11n1a/en/abstract?inventory+bn0031101a2011. Abstract:The number of marine fish species listed for the coast of the São Paulo state is reasonably high in comparison with other Brazilian coastal regions of similar extension and mostly represented by demersal species that resulted from collecting efforts along the continental shelf. Species from rocky bottoms and reef areas as well as those from the deep sea are less abundant. Since the inventory is far from complete and no projects related to marine fishes have been carried out through the BIOTA/FAPESP program, it is expected that research groups involved in systematics, biology and other aspects related to the study of marine fishes be stimulated to contribute to increase of the knowledge of the group. Resumo: O número de espécies de peixes marinhos listadas para a costa do estado de São Paulo é razoavelmente alto em comparação com outras áreas do Brasil com extensão semelhante, a maior parte representada por espécies demersais que resultaram de coletas realizadas ao longo da plataforma continental. Espécies de fundos rochosos e áreas de recifes e de regiões profundas do oceano são menos abundantes. Como o inventário ainda é incompleto e nenhum projeto foi realizado através do programa BIOTA/FAPESP, espera-se que grupos de pesquisa engajados no estudo de sistemática, biologia e outros aspectos relativos aos peixes marinhos sejam estimulados a contribuir para aumentar o conhecimento atual do grupo. Palavras-chave: peixes marinhos, biota paulista, Programa BIOTA/FAPESP. Número de espécies:No mundo: 15.950, no Brasil: 1.297, estimadas no Estado de São Paulo: 594.

Ichthyofauna as an environmental quality indicator of the Bertioga Channel, São Paulo (Brazil)

“…In the laboratory, the collected specimens were identified with taxonomic identification keys MENEZES, 1978MENEZES, , 2000MENEZES;FIGUEIREDO, , 1985CARPENTER, 2002a, b;MARCENIUK, 2005;GOMES et al, 2010) and the CATALOG OF FISHES (CAS, 2015), FROESE and PAULY (2015), WORLD REGISTER OF MARINE SPECIES (WorMS, 2015), MARCENIUK andMENEZES (2007) andMENEZES et al (2015) to update the nomenclature. After identification, individual data were obtained: total length (TL) (in mm) with ichthyometer, total weight (TW) and gonad weight (GW) (g) with a semi-analytical scale.…”

Long-term variation in the ichthyofauna of Flamengo Cove, Ubatuba, São Paulo

“…In addition, as stated by Rossi-Wongtschowski et al (2009) and Menezes (2011), although the marine fishes off the coast of São Paulo are relatively well known in relation to the rest of the Brazilian coast, much is yet to be done concerning our knowledge of these organisms.…”

“…Fishes comprise slightly more than one-half of the vertebrate diversity, with marine fishes including nearly 16,000 species (Nelson, 2006;Menezes, 2011). More than 8,000 marine fish species inhabit tropical shallow areas less than 200 m deep on the continental shelf, a zone far richer in terms of species than oceanic pelagic and deeper zones (Lowe-McConnell, 1999).…”

“…This heterogeneity of habitats is reflected in the diversity of marine fishes found in Brazilian waters which sums approximately 1,300 known species to date (Menezes et al, 2003;Menezes, 2011). In Brazil, Vazzoler (1996) mentioned that 45% of marine fishes are found along the coastal zones, and Knoppers et al (2002) cited that more than 50% of the national marine production is provided by the southern and southeastern regions of Brazil.…”

“…The ichthyofauna along the Brazilian coast is constituted by tropical and temperate species (Vazzoler et al, 1999), and many of them are restricted to the Argentinian Province (between Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil and Península Valdés, Argentina -from 22°S to 43°S), an area representing the geographic limit of tropical and temperate species which was interpreted as a region of faunistic transition (Figueiredo, 1981). It was recently estimated that the coast of São Paulo State, located within this province, harbors approximately 600 species (RossiWongtschowski et al, 2009;Menezes, 2011).…”