A honeymoon in Brazil: the spawning behavior of an exotic reef fish in the western south Atlantic

Abstract

The reproductive strategies of surgeonfishes of the genus Acanthurus are well known for all Atlantic species except the Monrovia doctorfish, Acanthurus monroviae, an eastern Atlantic surgeonfish whose biology remains largely unknown. We provide here the first account on the spawning behavior of A. monroviae, an exotic fish on rocky reefs of southeastern Brazilian coast.<br>As estratégias reprodutivas de peixes-cirurgiões do gênero Acanthurus são bem conhecidas para todas as espécies registradas no Atlântico, exceto para Acanthurus monroviae, um cirurgião do Atlântico leste cuja biologia permanece pouco conhecida. Apresentamos aqui o primeiro relato do comportamento reprodutivo de A. monroviae, espécie exótica registrada nos recifes rochosos da costa sudeste do Brasil

Brazilian tropical fishes in their southern limit of distribution: checklist of Santa Catarina’s rocky reef ichthyofauna, remarks and new records

“…30 cm total length) was recorded at a depth of 12 m at Saco do Farol, Arvoredo Island in March 2014. Remarks: Previous southernmost record for this species wasin the state of São Paulo (Carvalho-Filho 1999;Moura et al 1999 (Luiz et al 2004(Luiz et al , 2010. Its native range is in the Eastern Atlantic.…”