Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus (Labridae) confirmed in the south‐western Atlantic Ocean

Abstract

Based on material deposited in collections, photographic records and other reports from fishermen and divers, the occurrence of the hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus (Labridae) is confirmed in the south-western Atlantic Ocean, near the Brazilian coast as far south as southern Brazil. The recognized range of this species should therefore be extended c. 3000 km further south.

Plectorhinchus macrolepis (Actinopterygii: Haemulidae) in the western Atlantic Ocean

“…Pored lateral-line scales 47 throughout its range (Morais et al, 2015). Caires et al, 2007;Sampaio et al, 2016;Soeth et al, 2018). These records indicate that an important process driving introduction of non-native reef fishes is taking place in Brazilian marine waters.…”

“…90 km; nonetheless, its mangrove areas and sandy beaches and islands maintain a community of 272 species of fish (234 Actinopterygii and 38 Elasmobranchii; Spier et al ., ). In addition, non‐native species reported in this region can be added in the current list (Adelir‐Alves et al ., ; Bornatowski et al ., ; Caires et al ., ; Sampaio et al ., ; Soeth et al ., ). These records indicate that an important process driving introduction of non‐native reef fishes is taking place in Brazilian marine waters.…”

First record of forktailed bass Parasphyraenops incisus (Perciformes: Serranidae) in South‐western Atlantic

“…Considering that TSB has a high flow of vessels, it would be plausible that this species could be arrived there by ballast water. Although larval dispersion is not very favorable due to the prevailing contrary current, which flows from Brazil to the Antilles (North Current of the Brazil), interesting cases of recent colonization from the Caribbean to Brazilian province have already been reported, such as Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758), Stegastes partitus (Poey, 1868), and Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum 1792) , (Anderson et al, 2015; Ferreira et al, ; Sampaio, Santander‐Neto, & Costa, ). Oceanic dispersal barriers are important determinants of the evolution and distribution of fish populations (Luiz et al, ).…”

Identification key by scales differentiation for some labrid fishes, Red Sea, Egypt

“…It contains about 580 species of marine fish found on coral and rocky reefs around the world. As conspicuous members of reef communities, they show an exceptional range of trophic habits, including herbivory, planktivory, piscivore, durophagy (hard prey including molluscs and corals), ectoparasite feeding, and species that feed on a broad range of the invertebrates found in reef environments (Randall, 1983;Gomon and Randall, 1984;Lieske and Myers, 1994;Bellwood et al, 2002;Floeter et al, 2007;Khalaf-Allah, 2013;Dang et al, 2015;AL-Zahaby, 2015;Sampaio et al, 2016 andPradhan andMahapatra, 2017).…”