Eleven new records for Peru of fish associated with rocky bottom
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Eleven species of fish are presented as new records for the Peruvian sea: Gymnothorax castaneus, Gymnothorax dovii (Muraenidae), Ophiogobius jenynsi (Gobiidae), Liopropoma fasciatum, Liopropoma longilepis, (Serranidae), Aulostomus chinensis (Aulostomidae), Doryrhamphus paulus (Syngnathidae), Oxycirrhites typus (Cirrhitidae), Aluterus scriptus (Monacanthidae), Arothron hispidus and Arothron meleagris (Tetraodontidae). The Aulostomidae family is recorded for the first time for Peru. Of the recorded species, only Ophiogobius jenynsi belongs to the Warm Temperate Southeastern Pacific biogeographic province, while the other ten species belong to the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Five of these species have their main populations in the Indo-Pacific, being considered transpacific species.
Author: Yuri Hooker
Institution: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Language: English
Subfield: Aquatic Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408248482