First record of the Bermuda sea chub Kyphosus saltatrix (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in Greek waters

Kiparissis, Sotiris; Loukovitis, Dimitrios; Batargias, Costas

doi:10.1017/s1755267211001199

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“…Mediterranean occurrences of K. sectatrix, often reported under the not valid names of K. saltatrix or K. sectator, have been reported since the 19th Century (Döderlein, 1884) from the western and central sectors of the basin (e.g. Tortonese, 1975Tortonese, , 1986Sgano, 1981;Quignard & Tomasini, 2000;Ligas et al, 2011;Kiparissis et al, 2012;Lelong, 2012). By contrast, K. incisor has been recorded only once in the Mediterranean, in concomitance with the capture of two individuals at Camogli (Ligurian Sea) in July 2009 (Orsi Relini et al, 2011).…”

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First documented occurrence of Kyphosus incisor in the Mediterranean Sea

Azzurro

Peña-Rivas

Lloris

et al. 2013

Mar. Biodivers. Rec.

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First documented occurrence of Kyphosus incisor in the Mediterranean Sea

Azzurro

Peña-Rivas

Lloris

et al. 2013

Mar. Biodivers. Rec.

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“…Another possible transport mechanism can be the movement of drifting material (both natural and artificial) due to southern winds and the association of tropical fish to them. In the recent past there were many records of allochthonous fish species with no clear way of introduction in the Mediterranean Sea and all researchers agree that the above mentioned phenomenon cannot be excluded as a possible way of introduction [22,23].…”

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First Record of the African Surgeonfish Acanthurus monroviae (Osteichthyes: Acanthuridae) In the Hellenic Waters

Batjakas

Kampouris

Papadas

2015

JAMB

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Acanthurus monroviae inhabits the African coasts from Morocco to South Africa and the Canaries. It is distributed in various tropical and subtropical seas all around the world. The species feeds mainly on benthic algae and forms large schools that overwhelm other herbivorous fish species. It has been recorded at the Brazilian coasts and at the Western Mediterranean Sea. One individual was reported at the south-eastern basin of the Mediterranean on the coasts of Israel. The present study describes the first record of the species in the Hellenic waters that was captured by spear fishing at Salamina Island by one of the authors.

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“…Over the last few decades kyphosid catch records for the Atlantic and Mediterranean have experienced an increased number of observations. For the Mediterranean Sea, new records of K. sectatrix (Ligas et al 2011, Kiparissis et al 2012 and K. incisor (Azzurro et al 2013) have been reported successively. For the European Atlantic waters, specimens of K. sectatrix have been reported sporadically in the Macaronesian islands, south of Portugal, northwest of Spain and in the Bay of Biscay (Bañón et al 2010, Canas et al 2005, Quéro et al 2009).…”

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“…Markers like mitochondrial cytochrome b, 12S and 16S rDNAs have been used to identify K. sectatrix in Greek waters (Kiparissis et al 2012). Currently 45 records of mtDNA-COI from Kyphosus are available from the BOLD reference database (April 2016).…”

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Integrative taxonomy supports the presence of two species of <em>Kyphosus</em> (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) in Atlantic European waters

2017

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Summary:The taxonomic identification of one Kyphosus sectatrix and two Kyphosus vaigiensis specimens caught in the European Atlantic waters of Galicia, northwestern Spain, was carried out by means of integrative taxonomy, combining the examination of morphological characters and DNA barcodes. Taxonomical assignation based on morphological characters of these specimens was tested by comparing their COI sequences with available data of Kyphosus deposited in public repositories. The resulting neighbour-joining tree defined four clades corresponding to Barcode Index Number (BIN) and indicated that some nucleotide sequences from Kyphosus, previously deposited, probably originate from misidentified specimens, as would be expected from cryptic and sympatric species. The specimens of Kyphosus vaigiensis represent a new record for the waters of Galicia and the northernmost record in the eastern Atlantic. This kind of herbivorous tropical fishes could play an important role in the tropho-dynamic context of this temperate coastal ecosystem.Keywords: Kyphosus vaigiensis; Kyphosus sectatrix; molecular systematic; northern limit; Galician waters; ichthyogeography. Identificación de dos especies de Kyphosus (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) en aguas del Atlántico europeo mediante taxonomía integrativaResumen: Un ejemplar de Kyphosus sectatrix y dos de Kyphosus vaigiensis fueron capturados en aguas del Atlántico europeo, en Galicia, al noroeste de España. La identificación se llevó a cabo mediante taxonomía integradora, combinando el examen de caracteres morfológicos y códigos de barras de ADN. La asignación taxonómica basada en los caracteres morfológicos de estos especímenes fue testada comparando sus secuencias de COI con los datos de Kyphosus depositados en los repositorios públicos. El árbol filogenético resultante definió cuatro clados correspondientes al número de índice de códigos de barras (BIN), e indicó que algunas secuencias de nucleótidos de Kyphosus, previamente depositadas, provienen probablemente de especímenes identificados erróneamente, como cabría esperar de especies crípticas y simpátricas. Los especímenes de Kyphosus vaigiensis representan un registro nuevo para las aguas de Galicia y el más septentrional en el Atlántico oriental. La proliferación de peces tropicales herbívoros podría desempeñar un papel importante en el contexto trofo-dinámico del ecosistema costero templado.

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First record of the Bermuda sea chub Kyphosus saltatrix (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in Greek waters

Cited by 12 publications

References 11 publications

First documented occurrence of Kyphosus incisor in the Mediterranean Sea

First documented occurrence of Kyphosus incisor in the Mediterranean Sea

First Record of the African Surgeonfish Acanthurus monroviae (Osteichthyes: Acanthuridae) In the Hellenic Waters

Integrative taxonomy supports the presence of two species of <em>Kyphosus</em> (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) in Atlantic European waters

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