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Coastal fishes of the western Indian Ocean

  • Authors: Heemstra, Phillip C. 1941- , Heemstra, Elaine , Ebert, Dave , Holleman, Wouter , Randall, John E
  • Date: 2022
  • Subjects: Marine fishes Indian Ocean , Marine fishes Indian Ocean Identification
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/310495 , vital:59157 , ISBN 978-1-990951-23-7 , ISBN 978-1-998950-35-5 , ISBN 978-1-990951-28-2
  • Description: The primary purpose of this book is to provide a means of identifying the more than 3 200 species of coastal fishes known to occur in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). Coastal fishes are those that inhabit waters generally less than ~200 m deep, the waters over continental and insular shelves, and upper continental slopes. The book also includes some oceanic species and species that live in deeper water, but are sometimes caught in trawls in less than 200 m, or that migrate into shallower waters at night to feed. The Western Indian Ocean (WIO), as treated in these volumes, is the area between Cape Point, South Africa, and 77°34' E, at Kanyakumari (formerly Cape Cormorin), the southernmost point of India, and to 40° S, just south of St Paul Island. Although considered as separate water bodies, the Red Sea and Persian/Arabian Gulf have been included. Some contributors have also chosen to include species from Sri Lanka. The region thus encompasses the entire east and southern coasts of Africa, Madagascar and the various island clusters of the Comoros, the Seychelles, the Maldive and Lakshadweep islands, the Chagos Archipelago and the islands and sea mounts of the Mascarene Plateau, to as far as 40° S, and thus some fishes from St Paul and Amsterdam Islands have been included. This large expanse, stretching from tropical waters of the northwestern Indian Ocean to the warm temperate waters of False Bay, South Africa, includes a number of poorly known biogeographic areas. A map of the entire Indian Ocean is placed on the inside front cover of each printed volume, with some areas in greater detail on the inside back cover. The book does not include distribution maps for species, but gives localities from which species are known, with emphasis on WIO localities; our understanding of distributions of many species is often incomplete. Fishes are the most abundant and diverse group of vertebrates and have colonised every aquatic habitat on Earth: the oceans, lakes, rivers and caves, from polar seas at –2 °C to hot, freshwater springs at 44 °C, and from tropical reefs and mangrove forests to the deepest ocean depths. Fishes are also the most poorly known group of vertebrates. In the 2006 edition of Joseph Nelson’s Fishes of the World the estimate of the number of species of extant fishes worldwide stood at about 23 000. This number is growing annually, and was thought to be about 33 460 species at the end of 2016 (www.fishwisepro.com). Between the years 2000 and 2015 an average of 150 new species of marine fishes were described each year – of which 10% of the total (156 species) were from the WIO. The WIO is home to about 15% of all the marine fish species in the world’s oceans. Another measure of the diversity of fishes of this area is its relatively high level of endemicity, particularly around southern Africa and in the Red Sea. About 13% of southern African marine fishes are endemic, most of these in only five families: Clinidae with about 44 endemic species, Gobiidae with 28, Sparidae with 28, Pentanchidae with 6, and Batrachoididae with 7 endemic species. In the Red Sea at least 170 of the more than 1100 species are endemic. The WIO region is also home to a large human population, representing a wide range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The area includes the countries of South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, as well as the many island nations and territories. Many of the people living in coastal areas are dependent on fish catches and other marine resources for both sustenance and often a livelihood, as highly diversified artisanal fisheries make up the bulk of the fishing effort in the region. And, as elsewhere in the world, many of the fish resources have been compromised by commercial interests (including those of other countries), often leaving fish stocks in a poor state. This book has a number of purposes, all of which coalesce around providing users with a better understanding of the area’s fishes and their environment. Accordingly, it includes a number of background chapters covering subjects as diverse as the oceanography of the region, and the history and evolution of the bony fishes. In recent years genetic analysis has proved to be a powerful tool for taxonomists. In many instances molecular results have caused taxonomists to rethink both the definitions of certain taxa and the interrelationships of taxa. In some instances, what were long considered cohesive (monophyletic) taxa were found to include groups of fishes that are in fact not closely related (paraphyletic), while in other instances taxa thought to be distinct were found not to be, meriting their merging with other existing taxa. At times, long-accepted family groups have been divided into two or more distinct families, or separate families have been combined into a single one. Where possible such changes in our understanding of the relationships of fishes are reflected in these volumes. Where some contributors have taken a more conservative approach by awaiting more research and not adopting these changes, alternative taxonomies are noted (see also the introductory chapter on Naming organisms and determining their relationships). For each species in the book, the literature pertinent to that species in the WIO is given: the original species description reference, synonyms for the region and other important taxonomic and biological references. For many commercially important species or fishes of interest to anglers there is additional information on life history, size and capture, and for some but not all species, their IUCN conservation status if Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (in the first instance, valid at the time of writing. See www.iucnredlist.org for current information. Note: we have not included the IUCN conservation status where species are of Least Concern or Data Deficient). Most species are illustrated with photographs, drawings or paintings. Colour photographs and paintings are provided on plates for each volume. , 1st Edition
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Fishes of Southern African estuaries: from species to systems

  • Authors: Whitfield, Alan K
  • Date: 2022
  • Subjects: Estuarine fishes -- South Africa , Estuarine fishes -- Africa, Southern , Fishes -- Africa, Southern -- Identification , Estuaries -- Africa, Southern
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/97933 , vital:31512
  • Description: South Africa, despite its relatively small size, is often called “a world in one country”. This phrase arises mainly from the range of oceanographic and climatic features; geological and geomorphological attributes, the diversity of human cultures, languages, races and religions; the mix of developed and developing economies; the wide range in political opinion and parties; the vast array of mineral resources; and finally, what biologists find most interesting of all, the richness of the indigenous flora and fauna. Although southern African aquatic scientists cannot boast an equivalent of the Cape Floral Kingdom, the stretch of coast between northern Namibia and southern Mozambique has a particularly rich marine biota, accounting for almost 15% of all the coastal marine species known world-wide. The richness of the ichthyofauna is due to a number of factors, including the variety of habitats around the subcontinent, ranging from coral reefs, kelp beds, sheltered bays, sandy beaches, exposed rocky shores, coastal lakes to estuaries. In addition, southern Africa is the meeting place of three great oceans and is thus the recipient of species from each of these separate faunas. In comparison to land vertebrates, the world’s fish fauna is by no means well-known, either taxonomically or with regard to the biology of the component species. Apart from the very large number of fish species (estimated to be approximately 40 000), and the difficulties posed by the medium in which they live, there are other reasons for the above state of affairs. An obvious and universal reason is the shortage of funding available for taxonomic, biological and ecological studies, with increasing emphasis being placed on aquaculture, mariculture and fisheries related work. This situation is unlikely to improve and many research institutions around the world are operating on shrinking rather than expanding budgets. The onus of responsibility to disseminate information on the world’s fish faunas therefore rests squarely on the shoulders of those who are fortunate enough to be employed in the fascinating field of ichthyology. This book, which is a major revision and expansion of an earlier monograph (Whitfield 1998), is an attempt to synthesize the available information on fishes associated with southern African estuaries and to highlight the importance of conserving these systems for both fishes and people of the region. Limited reference is made to international estuarine fish research due to space constraints and readers are referred to global ichthyological reviews in this regard. The estuaries of southern Africa (defined as south of 26°S latitude for the purposes of this book) are highly diverse, both in terms of form and functioning. They range from the clear Kosi Estuary entering the coral rich subtropical Indian Ocean waters on the east coast, to the turbid Orange River flowing into the cool upwelled waters of the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast. The estuaries of the subcontinent are fed by catchments with a wide variety of climatic and geological characteristics. For example, the cool-temperate west coast is characterized by good winter rains and relatively dry summers, whereas on the subtropical east coast the opposite rainfall pattern prevails. While most south-western Cape estuaries are fed by rivers with low suspended sediment levels, those of KwaZulu-Natal normally carry high silt loads during the rainy season. Between Mossel Bay and St Francis Bay, rainfall patterns show no distinct seasonal peak and relatively acidic waters with low nutrient levels enter a variety of estuarine types along this section of the coast. The Eastern Cape is a region of transition between the subtropical and warm-temperate biogeographic provinces, and is prone to both droughts and floods occurring during any season of the year. The southern African estuarine environment is an unpredictable and often harsh habitat to occupy, yet each year millions of larval and juvenile fishes enter and thrive in these systems. The fish species that utilize estuaries as nursery areas exhibit great diversity in size, body form, salinity tolerance, diet, habitat preference and breeding behaviour. There is also a complete gradation in terms of the dependence that each species has on the estuarine environment. These and many other issues relating to the biology and ecology of estuary-associated fish species in southern Africa are explored in the chapters to follow. It is my sincere wish that our improved knowledge of these species and their environmental requirements will contribute to the wise management and conservation of these valuable ecosystems. , 2022 Edition
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The Fishes of Zimbabwe and their Biology

  • Authors: Marshall, Brian
  • Date: 2010
  • Subjects: Estuarine fishes -- Zimbabwe , Estuarine fishes -- Africa, Southern , Fishes -- Africa, Southern -- Identification , Estuaries -- Africa, Southern
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167948 , vital:41524
  • Description: The first comprehensive book on the fishes of Zimbabwe appeared in 1961 and was written by Rex Jubb. He followed it with a major treatise on the fishes of southern Africa published in 1967. These books were published at a time when interest in fishes – partly stimulated by the creation of Lake Kariba –was growing, and they were welcomed by anglers and scientists alike. Zimbabwean ichthyology progressed rapidly during the years following their publication and knowledge about our fishes grew steadily. New insights and understanding of their systematics led to numerous taxonomic revisions, bringing with them inevitable changes to their scientific names. At the same time increased collecting meant that new species were being added to the Zimbabwean list. By the early 1970s Jubb’s books had become outdated and there was a clear need for a new volume on the fishes of this country. The National Museums and Monuments met this need by publishing Graham Bell-Cross’ The Fishes of Rhodesia in 1976. This book was available at a remarkably low price and such was its popularity that it was soon out of print. It rapidly became outdated as well and was revised by John Minshull as the Fishes of Zimbabwe, published in 1988. This version had a number of new features such as the inclusion of exotic species and species discovered in the country since 1976, as well as name changes brought about by new developments in taxonomy. It, too, was available at a very low price and has proved to be very popular; the demand was so great that it was reprinted without alteration in the 1990s. By this time, however, it had also become outdated and there was a need for yet another revision, or for a completely new type of book. I have chosen the latter option in preparing this book, since there seemed little point in attempting to revise the earlier ones within their original format. I felt that it would not be desirable to produce another field guide type of book that would have to compete with Paul Skelton’s superb volume, A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa, first published in 1993, with a second edition eight years later. Instead, I decided that I should try to summarise the existing data about fishes in Zimbabwe. My dealings with students and inexperienced fish biologists has made it clear that many of them do not know what work has been done, or not done, on Zimbabwe’s fishes and they are not familiar with the literature. Much of it is, in any case, to be found in obscure publications that are not readily available in Zimbabwean libraries, which have declined in recent years and no longer subscribe to major international journals or even to local ones. This makes it very difficult to keep up with information or to track it down. I am aware, of course, that such a book will never be complete and may already be outdated at the time of its publication, but I hope that it will supply the basic background information for anyone interested in Zimbabwean fishes and provide a platform from which further studies can be launched. Wherever possible, I have used only data from Zimbabwe, although there may be an extensive literature from other countries for widespread or economically important species, such as Clarias gariepinus or Oreochromis mossambicus. This was a conscious decision because I wanted to summarise what is known about the fish in this country, so that other workers can assess what still needs to be done. Nevertheless, I have used some data from outside Zimbabwe, especially for fish from the upper Zambezi because of its relevance to our situation. As far as possible I have tried to use only published works as references, with the exception of university theses and some institutional reports, since most unpublished work is generally difficult to locate and ephemeral. The scientific names of fishes often change as systematic knowledge advances and the reader will note that there have been many changes since Bell-Cross & Minshull (1988) was published. Common names are a problem because of local variations and anglers in particular have various names (or nicknames) for popular angling species; I have used the standard names with these other names included in brackets where necessary.
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Atlas of Southern African freshwater fishes

  • Authors: Scott, L E P , Skelton, P H , Booth, A J , Verheust, L , Dooley, J , Harris, R
  • Date: 2006
  • Subjects: Freshwater fishes -- South Africa , Freshwater fishes -- Africa, Southern , Freshwater fishes -- Africa, Southern -- Identification
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/199097 , vital:46068
  • Description: Worldwide concern over the loss of biological diversity during the past decade has provided the impetus for the development of biodiversity databases and biological atlas projects in order to make information accessible. This Geographic Information Systems-based Atlas of Southern African Freshwater Fishes is the first of its kind for fishes in Africa and, as such, can be seen as contributing towards this global trend of consolidation and refining of biodiversity information. The technological advances made in computing systems over the past decade have facilitated the extraction and utilisation of much of the untapped information in museum collections. The size of most natural history collections had tended to prohibit any comprehensive applied use of the specimens on a large scale, but the computerisation of these collections has proved to be an invaluable tool to systematists, taxonomists and ecologists, by allowing faster and more efficient access to specimen record data of interest. With the automation of many biological databases, public attention has been brought to their potential contribution to biodiversity studies and conservation efforts around the world. The application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the field of southern African ichthyology and freshwater fisheries management has been limited, until now, by the lack of good-quality, comprehensive data sets, adequate budgets and GIS skills. Sophisticated investigations of fish distributions for conservation and management purposes need a powerful computing platform. This is realised in the Atlas of Southern African Freshwater Fishes, which has been tested and used for biogeographic analysis in the southern African region. The atlas was established using specimen records from nineteen museum collections, and currently contains 35145 geo-referenced specimen records, collected between 1885 and 2000 in eleven countries of southern Africa, which represent 254 fish species from 37 families. The Atlas of Southern African Freshwater Fishes was developed with the objective of being a dynamic, powerful information system. It has been constructed to allow the import of additional information at any stage, and it is designed to be as accessible and as user-friendly as current technology allows. This Atlas is the product of the successful integration of fish distributional information with other spatial data layers to provide a new tool for the study of freshwater fish in southern Africa.
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Revision of the Indo-Pacific dottyback fish subfamily Pseudochrominae (Perciformes:Pseudochromidae)

  • Authors: Gill, Anthony C
  • Date: 2004
  • Subjects: Fishes -- Indo-Pacific Region -- Classification , Pseudochromidae
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137669 , vital:37548
  • Description: The 100 nominal species in the pseudochromid subfamily Pseudochrominae are referred to 70 valid species, and an additional ten species are described as new. These species are assigned to ten genera: Assiculoides Gill & Hutchins, 1997, Assiculus Richardson, 1846, Cypho Myers, 1940, Labracinns Schlegel, 1858, Ogilbyina Fowler, 1931, Pseudochromis Riippell, 1835, and four new genera, Manonichthvs, Oxvcercichthys, Pholidochromis and Pictichromis. In previous recent studies only two genera, Labracinns and Pseudochromis , had been generally recognised; species assigned to the remaining genera had been previously placed in Pseudochromis. Species included in the subfamily are: Assiculoides desmonotus Gill & Hutchins, 1997 (Western Australia); Assiculus punctatus Richardson, 1846 (northwestern Australia); Cypho purpurascens (De Vis, 1884) (southwest Pacific); C. zaps sp. nov. (Indonesia to Ryukyu Ids); Labracinns atrofasciatus (Herre, 1933) (Culion, Philippines); L. cyclophthalmus (Muller & Troschel, 1849) (Japan to northwestern Australia, Papua New Guinea); L. lineatus (Castelnau, 1875) (Western Australia); Manonichthvs a/leni sp. nov. (Sabah, Borneo); M. paranox (Lubbock & Goldman, 1976) (Solomon Ids, Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef); M. polynemus (Fowler, 1931) (northeastern Indonesia, Belau); M. splendens (Fowler, 1931) (southeastern Indonesia); M. winterbottomi sp nov. (Cebu, Philippines); Ogilbyina novaehollandiae (Steindachner, 1880) (southern Great Barrier Reef and Queensland); O. queenslandiae (Saville-Kent, 1893) (Queensland, Great Barrier Reef); O. salvati (Plessis & Fourmanoir, 1966) (New Caledonia); Oxvcercichthys veliferus (Lubbock, 1980) (Great Barrier Reef, western Coral Sea); Pholidochromis marginata (Lubbock, 1980) (northeastern Indonesia to Bougainville); Pictichromis aurifrons (Lubbock, 1980) (New Guinea); P. coralensis sp. nov. (Great Barrier Reef to New Caledonia); P. diadema (Lubbock & Randall, 1978) (Malaysia to Philippines and northern Borneo); P. ephippiata (Gill, Pyle & Earle, 1996) (northern Sulawesi, southeastern Papua New Guinea); P. paccagnellae (Axelrod, 1973) (Indonesia, Timor Sea to Solomon Ids); P. porphyrea (Lubbock & Goldman, 1974) (Ryukyu Ids and northeastern Indonesia to Marshall Ids and Tonga); Pseudochromis aldabraensis Bauchot-Boutin, 1958 (Aldabra, northwestern Indian Ocean); P. alticaudex sp. nov. (northeastern Indonesia to Solomon Ids); P. andamanensis Lubbock, 1980 (Andaman Sea to Timor Sea, Australia); P. aureolineatus sp. nov. (Comoro Ids); P. aurulentus Gill & Randall, 1998 (Komodo Id, Indonesia); P. bitaeniatus (Fowler, 1931) (Philippines to Timor Sea, Australia, Solomon Ids); P. caudalis Boulenger, 1898 (Arabian Sea to Sri Lanka); P. coccinicauda (Tickell, 1888) (Laccadive Ids to central Indonesia); P. colei Herre, 1933 (Culion, Philippines); P. cometes Gill & Randall, 1998 (Komodo Id, Indonesia); P. cyanotaenia Bleeker, 1857 (Japan to Australia and Vanuatu); P dilectus Lubbock, 1976 (Sri Lanka); P. dixurus Lubbock, 1975 (Red Sea); P. dutoiti Smith, 1955 (east coast of Africa); P. elongatus Lubbock, 1980 (eastern Indonesia); P. flammicauda Lubbock & Goldman, 1976 (Great Barrier Reef); P. flavivertex Riippell, 1835 (Red Sea); P. flavopunctatus Gill & Randall, 1998 (Komodo Id, Indonesia); P. fowleri Herre, 1934 (Philippines and Sabah, Borneo); P. fridmani Klausewitz, 1968 (Red Sea); P. fuscus Muller & Troschel, 1849 (Sri Lanka to Vanuatu); P. howsoni Allen, 1995 (northwestern Australia); P. jamesi Schultz, 1943 (southwest Pacific); P kolythrus Gill & Winterbottom, 1993 (New Caledonia); P. kristinae sp. nov. (east coast of Africa to Madagascar); P. leucorhynchus Lubbock, 1977 (Kenya to Oman); P. linda Randall & Stanaland, 1989 (Gulf of Aden to Pakistan); P. litus Gill & Randall, 1998 (southeastern Indonesia); P. luteus Aoyagi, 1943 (Ryukyu Ids to Philippines); P. madagascariensis sp. nov. (northeastern Madagascar); P. magnificus Lubbock, 1977 (Cargados Carajos Shoals); P. marshallensis Schultz, 1953 (Western Australia to Marshall Ids); P. melanurus sp. nov. (Fiji and Tonga); P. melas Lubbock, 1977 (east coast of Africa); P. mooii sp. nov. (Komodo Id, Indonesia); P. moorei Fowler, 1931 (Philippines); P. natalensis Regan, 1916 (east coast of Africa); P. nigrovittatus Boulenger, 1897 (Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra to Persian Gulf); P- olivaceus Riippell, 1835 (Red Sea); P. omanensis Gill & Mee, 1993 (Oman); P. persicus Murray, 1887 (Persian Gulf to Pakistan); P. perspicillatus Gunther, 1862 (Philippines and Indonesia); P. pesi Lubbock, 1975 (Red Sea); P. pictus Gill & Randall, 1998 (Alor Id, Indonesia); P. punctatus Kotthaus, 1970 (Somalia and southern Oman); P. pylei Randall & McCosker, 1989 (southeastern Indonesia and Belau); P quinquedentatus McCulloch, 1926 (northern Australia); P. ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (Gulf of Thailand to Seribu Ids, Indonesia); P. reticulatus Gill & Woodland, 1992 (northwestern Australia); P. sankeyi Lubbock, 1975 (southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden); P. springeri Lubbock, 1975 (Red Sea); P. steenei Gill & Randall, 1992 (southern Indonesia); P. striatus Gill, Shao & Chen, 1995 (Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Ids); P. tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1853 (Andaman Sea to Solomon Ids); P. tauberae Lubbock, 1977 (east coast of Africa to Madagascar); P. viridis Gill & Allen, 1996 (Christmas Id, Indian Ocean); and P. wilsoni Whitley, 1929 (northern Australia). A key to genera and keys to species within genera are provided. Synonymy lists, suggested vernacular names, morphological descriptions, habitat notes, and distribution maps are given for each species. Photographs showing live and/or freshly dead colourations (including sexual and other intraspecific variation) are provided for all but a few species.
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A survey of selected Eastern Cape estuaries with particular reference to the ichthyofauna

  • Authors: Vorwerk, Paul D , Whitfield, Alan K , Cowley, Paul D , Paterson, Angus W
  • Date: 2001
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15032 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019908 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 72
  • Description: The physical environment and ichthyofauna of 10 estuaries, the East Kleinemonde, Klein Palmiet, Great Fish, Mtati, Mpekweni, Mgwalana, Bira, Gqutywa, Ngculura and Keiskamma, was sampled over a four year period. The ichthyofauna of each estuary was sampled once during winter and once during summer in that period, with the physical environment being sampled on two occasions per season. This investigation provides baseline ichthyofaunal and physical information for these estuaries, the majority of which have never been studied before. The fish data presented for these systems includes species composition, relative abundance, richness and diversity, longitudinal distributions and length frequency data. Descriptions of the physical environment within each estuary are also presented. The permanently open estuaries had a greater proportion of marine and freshwater species relative to the temporarily open/closed systems which were dominated by marine species dependent on estuaries and estuarine resident species. The permanently open estuaries had a higher Margalef's species richness index relative to the temporarily open/closed systems but the Shannon-Wiener species diversity index did not follow any discernible trend. There were minor longitudinal distribution trends when analysing the community as a whole, with patterns for individual species being more pronounced. The length frequency histograms for estuarine resident species differed between estuary types, while those for the marine migrant species were similar in the different estuary types.\ , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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Ichthyofaunal characteristics of a typical temporarily open/closed estuary on the southeast coast of South Africa

  • Authors: Cowley, Paul D , Heemstra, Phillip C
  • Date: 2001
  • Subjects: Estuarine fishes -- Ecology -- Indian Ocean , Estuarine ecology -- South Africa , Fish communities -- South Africa , Fish communities -- Indian Ocean
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15021 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019862 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 71
  • Description: The present study was undertaken to describe the species composition, size composition and distribution of the fish fauna associated with the temporarily open/closed East Kleinemonde Estuary on the southeast coast of South Africa. Data collected on the estuary mouth condition from March 1993 to August 1997 indicated that this system was predominantly closed, while open mouth conditions were unseasonal and prevailed for only a short duration following periods of high rainfall. Fishes were sampled throughout the estuary between April 1993 and January 1997 using seine and gill nets. A total of 30 species belonging to 17 families were recorded, including the critically endangered estuarine pipefish Syngnathus watermeyeri. Besides the estuarine pipefish, an additional five species capable of completing their life cycle within the estuary were recorded. The ichthyofaunal community was dominated by 18 marine-spawning species with varying degrees of dependence on estuaries as nursery areas. The marine species that are not dependent on estuaries as nursery areas were represented by three species, while the euryhaline freshwater species, obligate catadromous species and facultative catadromous species were each represented by one species. The dominant members of the estuarine-spawning group were well represented by all post-larval life-history stages, whereas the mean size of each marine-spawning species indicated that juvenile size classes dominated this group. Classification and ordination of both the small- and large-mesh seine net fish assemblages revealed a high degree of similarity throughout the estuary, with the exception of a distinct grouping associated with sandy substrata in the lower reaches of the system. Catch per unit effort (CPUE) data provided evidence of spatial segregation by several species as well as within some families (e.g. Gobiidae). , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa

  • Authors: Anderson, M Eric , Leslie, Robin W
  • Date: 2001
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15029 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019903 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 70
  • Description: Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes, Ceratioidei) of the familes Caulophrynidae, Melanocetidae, Himantolophidae, Diceratiidae, Oneirodidae, Thaumatichthyidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratiidae, Gigantactinidae and Linophrynidae from southern Africa are reviewed since the publication of the book Smiths’ Sea Fishes (1986, 1991). Twenty-three new records of ceratioid anglerfishes are reported for the region, bringing the total to 32. No new taxa are described. The faunal area for southern African deep-sea fishes is expanded from that of Smiths’ Sea Fishes in order to include several literature records and recognize the broad distributions of these fishes through the deep-pelagic Atlantic/Indo-Pacific transit zone. Keys to all families, genera and species, as well as descriptions of all southern African specimens, are provided. The bulk of this material was collected during research cruises of South Africa’s RS AFRICANA and MEIRING NAUDE. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae

  • Authors: Parenti, Paolo , Randall, John E, 1924-
  • Date: 2000
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15028 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019894 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 68
  • Description: An annotated checklist of the species of the fish families Labridae and Scaridae is presented; 541 valid species are recognized, including 68 genera and 453 species of labrids and 10 genera and 88 species of scarids. Thirty undescribed species of wrasses and two undescribed parrotfish species are also included. A list of nominal species is given, with their present assignments; nominal species of uncertain status are placed as incertae sedis and listed separately. A list of nomina nuda is also provided. The valid genera and species are listed alphabetically, with their synonyms and distributions. Examination of the original descriptions and type material (when extant) of previously unplaced nominal species of labroid fishes led to identification of 69 new synonyms. The generic names Artisia de Beaufort, 1939 and Emmeekia Jordan & Evermann, 1896 are here recognized as new synonyms of Halichoeres Ruppell, 1835. For the Labridae, 65 new synonyms of valid species are listed. Labrus psittaculus Richardson, 1840, a valid species of Pseudolabrus, is a primary homonym of Labrus psittaculus Lacepede, 1801; the next available name for this species is Labrichthys rubicunda Macleay, 1881 and the new combination Pseudolabrus rubicundus is proposed. The following new combinations are included: Pseudojulis inornatus Gilbert, 1890 is a valid species of Pseudojuloides; Xyrichtys perlas Wellington et al., 1994 is a valid species of Novaculichthys. For Scaridae, Sparus abildgaardi Bloch, 1791 is a senior synonym of Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), but a request of the International Commission has been made to reject abildgaardi in order to conserve S. chrysopterum; and Scarus visayanus Herre, 1933 is a new synonym of Scarus tricolor Bleeker, 1847. Pseudoscarus microcheilos Bleeker, 1861 is a synonym of Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1854). , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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Studies on the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the southern hemisphere, VIII: A new species of the genus Dieidolycus from Tierra del Fueg

  • Authors: Anderson, M Eric , Pequeño R, Germán , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1998-05
  • Subjects: Dieidolycus Anderson, 1988 -- Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile) -- Identification , Zoarcidae -- Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile)
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70415 , vital:29653 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 61 , A new lower-slope eelpout of the genus Dieidolycus Anderson, 1988 (Family Zoarcidae, Subfamily Lycodinae), is described from a single juvenile female trawled in 2008-2165 m off Tierra del Fuego, Chile. It differs from congeners D. leptodermatus Anderson, 1988 and D. adocetus Anderson, 1994 by its head pore pattern, 10 caudal-fin rays, 18 pectoral-fin rays and longer gill slit.
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Additions to the fish fauna of the Maldives Islands

  • Authors: Adam, Shiham , Merrett, Nigel R , Anderson, R Charles , Randall, John E, 1924- , Kuiter, Rudie H
  • Date: 1998
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15030 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019905 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 67
  • Description: Part 1: We report here information on the occurrence of the deep demersal fish species known to date from the Maldivian Exclusive Economic Zone below a depth of 180 m. Collections of Maldivian deep demersal fishes are held by The Natural History Museum, London (BMNH); the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu; the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; the Marine Research Section, Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture, Male, Republic of Maldives; the South African Museum, Cape Town; and the Zoological Survey of India, at the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Specimens from all of these institutions have been studied by the authors. In addition, the authors carried out sampling of the slope shark fishery during March - April 1996, which resulted in a significant new collection of shark material. A total of 99 deep demersal species are reported here which includes 36 new records for the Maldives. The six most speciose families are the Macrouridae (7 species), Congridae (5), Lutjanidae (5), Squalidae (4), Ogocephalidae (4) and Halosauridae (4). , Part 2: Seventy-eight fish species are recorded from the Maldives for the first time. A further 30, which have been recorded in the literature but not included in previous reviews of Maldivian fishes, are listed. The total known shore and epipelagic fish fauna of the Maldives now stands at 1007 species. The total known demersal and epipelagic fish fauna is raised to 1090. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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A revised checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean

  • Authors: Winterbottom, Richard, 1944- , Anderson, R Charles
  • Date: 1997
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15031 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019907 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 66
  • Description: A recent (Feb.-Mar., 1996) trip to the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean, by one of us (RCA) resulted in 51 new records of fishes for the islands. In addition, another 29 new records were discovered either in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution, or were gleaned from the literature. In total, 80 new records for Chagos are reported here. The checklist by Winterbottom et al. (1989) recorded 703 species from Chagos, that total is raised to 773 species. Eighty-nine changes in nomenclature from that used in the 1989 list are documented. Three geographic localities (Indo-Pacific, Indo-west Pacific and marginally on the Pacific plate, and Indo-west Pacific) account for just over 80% of the fish fauna. The five most speciose families (numbers of species in parentheses) are the Gobiidae (98), Labridae (63), Serranidae (50), Muraenidae (41) and Pomacentridae (38), and these together account for 38% of the total fish fauna. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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A review of the Southern African gobiid fish genus Caffrogobius Smitt, 1900

  • Authors: Goren, Menachem , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1996-09
  • Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa , Gobiidae
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70972 , vital:29766 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 57 , The genus Caffrogobius Smitt, 1900 is composed of seven species. The members of the genus are moderate size gobies, reaching a length of 10-14 cm (SL). The species of the genus are characterized by a combination of the following characters: Cheek papillae pattern transverse; dorsal segmented rays: 9-14; anal segmented rays: 8-12; caudal segmented rays: 16-18; pectoral rays: 16-23. Scales along the body: 30-64; transverse rows of scales: 9-23; vertebrae: 27 (11+16 or 10+17); formula of fin pterygiophores: 3-22110. Six species of Caffrogobius are found around the southern part of the African continent (Mozambique to Namibia): agulhensis (Barnard, 1927), coffer (Gunther, 1874), gilchristi (Boulenger, 1900), nalalensis (Gunther, 1874), nudiceps (Valenciennes, 1837), and saldanha (Barnard, 1927). Some of them are very similar to each other. In most species extreme variability in the colour patterns and in meristic counts was found. C. gilchristi is considered here as a valid species and a senior synonym of C. multifasciatus (Smith, 1959). A seventh species dubius (Smith, 1959) from the Seychelles is listed and briefly described.
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A contribution to the taxonomy of the marine fish genus Argyrosomus (Perciformes: Sciaenidae), with descriptions of two new species from southern Africa

  • Authors: Griffiths, Marc H , Heemstra, Phillip C
  • Date: 1995
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15027 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019891 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 65
  • Description: Study of the biology, anatomy and taxonomy of the sciaenid fishes of the genus Argyrosomus from South Africa and Namibia revealed that three species were confused under the name ‘Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepede, 1801)”. Comparison of morphometric and meristic data, otoliths, swim-bladders, drumming muscles, and other morphological features, of specimens from southern Africa, Madagascar, the Mediterranean Sea, the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Japan and Australia, established that the “A. hololepidotus” of recent authors is a complex of four species: A. japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843), which occurs off southern Africa, Japan and Australia; A. inodorus sp. nov., which is known from Namibia to the Kei River (32°40’S) on the east coast of South Africa; A. coronus sp. nov., which is known from central and northern Namibia and Angola, and A. hololepidotus, which appears to be endemic to Madagascar. These four species are compared with A. regius (Asso, 1801) of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, A. thorpei Smith, 1977 from South Africa, Mozambique and the west coast of Madagascar, and A. beccus Sasaki, 1994 known only from Durban harbour. To promote stability in the nomenclature and to resolve the confusion in the taxonomy of Argyrosomus species, neotypes are selected for A. hololepidotus and A. japonicus. The biology, distributions and fisheries of six species are reviewed. Distribution patterns for the southern African species and a key to the seven species known from Africa and Madagascar (A. regius, A. japonicus, A. inodorus, A. coronus, A. thorpei, A. beccus, and A. hololepidotus) are provided. The composition and distinction of the genus Argyrosomus are briefly discussed. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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A review of the species of the genus Neobythites (Pisces: Ophidiidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with a description of seven new species

  • Authors: Nielsen, Jørgen G
  • Date: 1995
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15024 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019887 , ISBN 0-86810-281-4 , Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 62
  • Description: Species of the ophidiid genus Neobythites from the western Indian Ocean are revised based on 225 specimens. The majority of specimens came from the 17th cruise (1988-89) of the Soviet R/V VITYAZ. Twelve species are recognized: N. analis Barnard, 1927 (southern Africa; lectotype designed), N. crosnieri sp.n. (Madagascar), N. kenyaensis sp.n, (east coast of Africa), N. malhaensis sp.n. (Saya de Malha Bank), N. meteori sp.n. (Socotra Id.), N. multistriatus Nielsen and Quero, 1991 (Reunion and Rodrigues Islands), N. natalensis sp.n. (South Africa and Madagascar), N. somaliaensis sp.n. (Somalia), N. steatiticus Alcock, 1893 (northern Indian Ocean), N. stefanovi Nielsen and Uiblein, 1993 (Red Sea to Gulf of Oman), N. trifilis Kotthaus, 1979 (Socotra Id.), N. vityazi sp.n. (Madagascar). All 12 species are illustrated, and a key is included. This paper is the first part of a revision of the genus Neobythites. A second and third part will treat the species from the East Indian/Pacific Oceans and the Atlantic Ocean. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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Fish community structure in three temporarily open/closed estuaries on the Natal coast

  • Authors: Harrison, Trevor D , Whitfield, Alan K
  • Date: 1995
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15026 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019890 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 64
  • Description: The fishes of three small Natal estuaries, the Mhlanga, Damba and Zotsha were sampled over a period of two years. A total of 68 fish taxa representing 24 families, 39 genera and 55 species were captured during this study. Forty seven fish taxa were recorded in the Mhlanga estuary of which Gilchristella aestuaria, Oreochromis mossambicus, Valamugil cunnesius, Valamugil sp. and juvenile mugilids numerically dominated. In terms of biomass, O. mossambicus, V. cunnesius, Liza alata, Myxus capensis and Mugil cephalus dominated the ichthyofauna of the Mhlanga system. In the Damba estuary, 24 fish taxa were recorded, the most abundant being Glossogobius callidus,M. capensis and 0. mossambicus. M. capensis, M. cephalus, O. mossambicus and G. callidus dominated the fish biomass captured in the Damba system. A total of 56 fish taxa were recorded in the Zotsha estuary during this study, with the ichthyofauna numerically dominated by juvenile mugilids, G. aestuaria, O. mossambicus, Rhabdosargus holubi, Terapon jarbua, Ambassis productus and G. callidus. The species which dominated the fish biomass in the Zotsha system were 0. mossambicus L. alata, Valamugil robustus, V. buchanani, M. capensis, M. cephalus and V. cunnesius. Classifying the species according to whether they were resident estuarine, freshwater, estuarine-dependent marine or marine species revealed that the first three groups were all well represented in the systems. Oreochromis mossambicus was the dominant freshwater species in all three estuaries. Gilchristella aestuaria and Glossogobius callidus were the principal estuarine species in the Mhlanga and the Damba respectively, with G. aestuaria, A. productus and G. callidus being the dominant estuarine species captured in the Zotsha. The principal estuarine-dependent marine fishes captured in the Mhlanga were V. cunnesius, Valamugil sp., juvenile mugilids, M. capensis, M. cephalus and L. alata. In the Damba, M. capensis and M. cephalus were the dominant estuarine-dependent marine species and in the Zotsha juvenile mugilids, R. holubi, T. jarbua, M. capensis, V. cunnesius, V. robustus, M. cephalus, L. alata and V. buchanani were the principal estuarine-dependent marine species. The results of this study indicate that the estuaries are dominated at different periods by different assemblages of fishes. This is linked to the spawning and migration patterns of the various species as well as the hydrological regime of each estuary. During the winter these systems are normally closed with relatively deep waters and high food resource and habitat availability. Freshwater and estuarine species mainly inhabit the upper reaches of the systems while estuarine-dependent marine species, which dominate the fish community, mainly occupy the middle and lower reaches. When these estuaries open with the onset of the spring/summer rains, adult and sub-adult estuarine-dependent marine species emigrate to the marine environment and juveniles begin recruiting into the systems. Spring is also the peak breeding period of resident estuarine and freshwater species, resulting in an increase in the contribution of these fishes to the overall ichthyofauna during this period. When closed estuaries open the water level falls and this results in the fishes concentrating in the lower reaches of the system where moderate water depths are present, thus further contributing to an increase in the proportion of freshwater and estuarine species in this region. The breaching of closed estuaries also results in a reduction in food resources and habitat availability. Competition and possible increased vulnerability to avian predation (due to the shallow nature of the systems), may contribute to a decrease in the proportion of estuarine and freshwater species in summer. The prolonged recruitment of Of-juveniles of estuarine-dependent marine species results in an increase in the proportion of these fishes present in the estuaries during summer. In autumn, the systems normally close, water levels rise and available food resources and habitat increase. This allows the redistribution of freshwater and estuarine species upstream, leaving estuarine-dependent marine species to dominate the middle and lower reaches. Although temporarily open/closed estuaries along the Natal coast may not be as diverse as permanently open estuaries in terms of their ichthyofauna, their importance must not be underestimated, since by providing a series of sheltered habitats along the coast they may contribute significantly to the viability of estuarine-dependent marine fish stocks. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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Fishes of the Tristan da Cunha Group and Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean

  • Authors: Andrew, T G , Hecht, Thomas , Heemstra, Phillip C , Lutjeharms, J R E
  • Date: 1995
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15025 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019889 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 63
  • Description: Recent collections of fishes from the South Atlantic islands of the Tristan da Cunha Group (Tristan, Inaccessible and Nightingale) and Gough Island have produced 25 new records. Fifty one species are known to occur in the near-shore waters of the islands (46 of these are documented by specimens and another 5 species are probable). A diagnosis, synonymy and in most cases, an illustration, are provided for each species. For certain species, brief notes on biology, relative abundance and seasonal distribution are included. The neritic ichthyofauna of the Subtropical Convergence (STC) region is characterized, and the importance of this frontal zone as a barrier to dispersal of species in the Southern Ocean is evaluated. Analysis of the zoogeographic affinities of the Tristan/Gough fish fauna resulted in a redefinition of the West Wind Drift Islands Province (WWDI), comprising the Tristan Group and Gough in the South Atlantic and St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands in the southern Indian Ocean. Verna Seamount (west of Cape Town) and Walters Shoal (south of Madagascar) are excluded from the WWDI Province, as the affinities of their poorly-known fish faunas appear to be more with South Africa and the tropical Indian Ocean respectively. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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Systematics and Osteology of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)

  • Authors: Anderson, M Eric
  • Date: 1994
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15033 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019910 , ISSN 0073-4381 , Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 60
  • Description: The eelpouts, Zoarcidae, are a group of perciform fishes, most species of which inhabit continental shelves and slopes of boreal seas. There are about 220 valid species of eelpouts; most are rare, deep-sea forms and the systematics and biology of the group has been neglected by most workers. This work is a contribution to the improvement of that state. The anatomy of the Zoarcidae was studied in an attempt to reconstruct phylogeny and establish generic limits. From an analysis of a matrix of 76 characters, the 45 genera recognised here form 4 subfamilies. The Lycozoarcinae contains only the primitive Lycozoarces hubbsi. The others, Zoarcinae, Gymnelinae, and Lycodinae, for the most part, include genera recognised in previous classifications (Gill, 1862, 1864; Andriashev, 1939). The more primitive zoarcids are characterised by having 4-6 suborbital bones arranged in a circular pattern close to the orbit, and “complete” cephalic lateralis pore patterns, except some of the few deep-sea forms. The more derived zoarcids are characterized by having 6-11 suborbital bones arranged in an angled, or “L”-shaped" pattern away from the orbit (except a few which have lost some bones) and the loss of the interorbital pores (except for some reversals in Lycenchelys and Lycodapus). Zoarcids are considered to have originated in the North Pacific Ocean, perhaps as early as the Eocene, when a pre-percoid radiation occurred. The suborder Zoarcoidei (today some 8-9 families) spread across the Pacific rim. Among Zoarcidae, a pre-Miocene radiation took place along the western coasts of the Americas, with areas of endemism forming in the Magellan Province of South America and Antarctica. Subsequent spreading back into northern waters occurred in Melanostigma and Pachycara. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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A review of the gobioid fishes of the Maldives

  • Authors: Randall, John E, 1924- , Goren, Menachem
  • Date: 1993-04
  • Subjects: Perciformes , Perciformes -- Maldives , Gobioidae -- Maldives , Eleotrididae -- Malidves , Microdesmidae -- Maldives , Xenisthmidae -- Maldives
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15034 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019911 , ISSN 0073-4381 , ISBN 0-86810-251-2 , Margaret Smith Library, SAIAB, Grahamstown
  • Description: The following 84 gobioid fishes are reported from the Maldive Islands (those preceded by asterisk represent new records). GOBIIDAE: Amblyeleotris aurora (Polunin & Lubbock), *A. diagonalis Polunin and Lubbock, *A. periophthalma (Bleeker), *A. steinitzi (Klausewitz), A. wheeleri (Polunin & Lubbock), * Amblygobius hectori (Smith), A. semicinctus (Bennett), * Asterropteryx semipunctatus Ruppell, *A. spinosus (Goren), *Bathygobius calitus (Bennett), B. cocosensis (Bleeker), *B. cyclopterus (Valenciennes), * Cabillus tongarevae (Fowler), * Callogobius centrolepis Weber, *C. sclateri (Steindachner), *C. sp., Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair & Gunther), *Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith, C. feroculus Lubbock & Polunin, * Eviota albolineata Jewett & Lachner, *E. guttata Lachner & Karnella, *E. nebulosa Smith, *E. nigripinna Lachner & Karnella, *E. prasina (Kluzinger), *E. sebreei Jordan & Seale, *E. zebrina Lachner & Karnella, *E. sp., * Flabelligobius latruncularius (Klausewitz), * Fusigobius duospilus Hoese & Reader, *F. neophytus (Gunther), *F. sp. 1 (sp. A of Winterpottom & Emery, 1986), *F. sp. 2 (sp. B of Winterbottom & Emery, 1986), *Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker), *G. scapulostigma Herre, *Gobiodon citrinus (Ruppell), *G. sp. (Chagos specimens identified as G. rivulatus by Winterbottom & Emery, 1986), *Hetereleotris zanzibarensis (Smith), *Istigobius decoratus (Herre), *Macrodontogobius wilburi Herre, Oplopomus caninoides (Bleeker) (reported from Maldives by Regan, 1908), O. Oplopomus (Valenciennes) (reported from Maldives by Regan, 1908, as Hoplopomus acanthistius), *Opua maculipinnis, n. sp. (Opua E.K. Jordan is regarded as a senior synonym of Oplopomops Smith; the new species is characterized as follows: no dorsal spines filamentous, the third longest; 10 soft rays in second dorsal and anal fins; 27 scales in longitudinal series on body, 9 prodorsal scales; body depth 4.9 in SL, a midlateral row of five dusky blotches on body each containing a pair of dark brown spots, a large dusky spot under eye, and a large black spot posteriorly in first dorsal fin), *Palutrus reticularis Smith,* Papillogobius reichei (Bleeker), *Paragobiodon lacuniculus (Kendall and Goldsborough), *P. modestus (Regan), *Pleurosicya michelli Fourmanoir, *Priolepis cinctus (Regan), *P. nocturnus (Smith), *P. semidoliatus (Valenciennes), P. sp., Stonogobiops dracula Lubbock & Polunin, * Sueviota lachneri Winterbottom & Hoese, *Trimma emeryi Winterbottom, *T. flammeum (Smith), *T. naudei Smith, *T. striata (Herre), *T. taylori Lobel, *T. tevegae Cohen & Davis, *T sp. 1, *T. sp. 2, *T. sp. 3, *T. sp. 4 (these four species of trimma to be described by R. Winterbottom), *Trimmatom nanus Winterbottom & Emery, Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker), V. puellaris (Tomiyama), V. sexguttata (Valenciennes), V. strigata (Broussonet), V. sp. (to be named by Hoese and Larson, in press), Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir),* V. ornatissima Smith, V. prealta Lachner & McKinney. ELEOTRIDIDAE: Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker. MICRODESMIDAE: * Gunnellichthys curiosus Dawson, *G. monostigma Smith, G. viridescens Dawson, *Ne- mateleotris decora Randall & Allen, N. magnifica Fowler, Ptereleotris evides (Jordan & Hubbs), P. heteroptera Bleeker, *P. microlepis (Bleeker), *P. zebra (Fowler), *P. sp. (probably either P. hanae or P. arabica; specimen needed). XENISTHMIDAE: Xenisthmus polyzonatus (Klunzinger). , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of SAIAB
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Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldive Islands

  • Authors: Randall, John E, 1924- , Anderson, R Charles
  • Date: 1993
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:15035 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019913 , ISSN 0073-4381 , ISBN 0-86810-261-X , Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Insitute of Ichthyology; No. 59
  • Description: A historical resume of fish collecting in the Maldive Islands is presented, beginning with the collection o f J. Stanley Gardiner in 1899-1900. Specimens of Maldives fishes have been examined at the Marine Research Section of the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture, Republic of Maldives and the five museums which house most of the fishes that have been collected in the islands: the Natural History Museum, London; Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu; California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; and the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt. A total of 899 species of epipelagic and shore fishes are recorded from the Maldives; 201 of these are new records for the islands. Thirty-two of the 899 are recorded by generic name only. Some of these could not be identified to species due to poor condition or to their being juveniles, but most appear to be undescribed. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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