2020
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2020.0014
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Potential invasion of the Gulf of Mexico by Protemblemaria punctata (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae), a cryptobenthic fish endemic to Venezuela

Abstract: The movement of species to areas outside their native ranges has greatly intensified over the past few decades. However, detecting invasive species often requires detailed and regular surveys, especially for animals with small body sizes. A cryptobenthic fish endemic to the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, Protemblemaria punctata (Cervigón, 1966), is reported here from the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, based on the collection of 8 specimens (5 males and 3 females) from Bajo Mersey, a coral reef in the Parque Nacio… Show more

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“…This necessity is stressed by the perturbations that take place in the VRS, mainly because it is located next to the second most important trading port in Mexico, which has been responsible for most of the deteriorating conditions of the reef (Ortiz-Lozano et al 2013). However, other important perturbations that affect not only the fish community in the VRS but also the reef system include harvesting (Jiménez-Badillo 2008, Escamilla-Pérez et al 2021; biological invasions (Santander-Monsalvo et al 2012, Argüelles-Jiménez et al 2021), as L. rubre is a lionfish prey (Morris andAkins 2009, Bejarano et al 2015); pollution (Horta-Puga and Carriquiry 2014); climate change in a minor way, since the turbid waters likely reduce the levels of solar irradiance (Carricart-Ganivet et al 2011); and habitat change (Horta-Puga 2003). Given the ongoing changes in coral reefs, a more complete document of the biodiversity and ecological contributions of the cryptic reef fishes in the VRS is fundamental.…”
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“…This necessity is stressed by the perturbations that take place in the VRS, mainly because it is located next to the second most important trading port in Mexico, which has been responsible for most of the deteriorating conditions of the reef (Ortiz-Lozano et al 2013). However, other important perturbations that affect not only the fish community in the VRS but also the reef system include harvesting (Jiménez-Badillo 2008, Escamilla-Pérez et al 2021; biological invasions (Santander-Monsalvo et al 2012, Argüelles-Jiménez et al 2021), as L. rubre is a lionfish prey (Morris andAkins 2009, Bejarano et al 2015); pollution (Horta-Puga and Carriquiry 2014); climate change in a minor way, since the turbid waters likely reduce the levels of solar irradiance (Carricart-Ganivet et al 2011); and habitat change (Horta-Puga 2003). Given the ongoing changes in coral reefs, a more complete document of the biodiversity and ecological contributions of the cryptic reef fishes in the VRS is fundamental.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Escamilla-Pérez et al 2021); las invasiones biológicas (Santander-Monsalvo et al 2012, González-Gándara y de la Cruz-Francisco 2014, Argüelles-Jiménez et al 2021, en la que destaca la depredación del pez león sobre L. rubre (Morris y Akins 2009, Bejarano et al 2015; la contaminación (Horta-Puga y Carriquiry 2014); el calentamiento global en menor proporción, probablemente debido a que las aguas turbias del SAV reducen los niveles de radiación solar (Carricart-Ganivet et al 2011); y el cambio de hábitat (Horta-Puga 2003).…”
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“…Se espera que nuevas investigaciones continúen añadiendo más registros para la zona norte del CASGM. Ejemplos del incremento en el conocimiento de la ictiofauna del CASGM son los estudios realizados en la zona centro conocida como Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano donde la última actualización incrementó de 387 especies (Del Moral-Flores et al, 2013) a 472 especies (Robertson et al, 2019), y actualmente se ha continuado añadiendo nuevos registros (Argüelles-Jiménez et al, 2021;Del Moral-Flores et al, 2020), algunos de los cuales son especies cripticas. Por lo tanto, es importante incrementar el esfuerzo de muestreo dirigido hacia especies de hábitos nocturnos, así como especies cripticas, de esta manera se podrá reducir vacíos de información, por ejemplo, para los arrecifes sumergidos de la zona norte del CASGM se tiene una lista preliminar de 151 especies (Ortiz-Lozano et al, 2021) que se espera incremente con estudios posteriores.…”
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