Ten new records of marine fishes for São Tomé, West Africa

Abstract

Vasco-Rodrigues N., Fontes J., Bertoncini Á. A. 2016 were recorded for the fi rst time for São Tomé. These records were based on fi shes landed in local markets, captured, or observed while SCUBA diving and from BRUV surveys.

Non-native reef fishes in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: a recent record of Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) and biological aspects of Chromis limbata (Valenciennes, 1833) (Perciformes, Pomacentridae)

“…However, we cannot dismiss the possibility of a natural colonization, as is seen in other amphi-Atlantic species of pomacentrids (Wirtz et al 2007, Occhipinti-Ambrogi et al 2011. Chromis limbata is reported to have colonized new areas, expanding its geographic range into the eastern Atlantic by natural and anthropic processes (Vasco-Rodrigues et al 2016, Pajuelo et al 2016.…”

The recent colonization of south Brazil by the Azores chromis Chromis limbata

“…Moreover, the commerce and trade in oil, the infrastructure involved in drilling operations and oil refining in Brazil, the Macaronesian Archipelago and African countries has been frequent since 2003 (Frynas & Paulo, 2007). Specimens of C. limbata have recently (April 2016) been detected in São Tomé, Principe and Angola (Vasco-Rodrigues et al, 2016), indicating that this species might have a wider range in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and more potential source populations.…”

The Fishes of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands

“…To compile an updated taxonomic checklist of the marine (coastal, offshore, and deep-water) and freshwater fish species occurring in the GGOI, we reviewed the bibliography. This included historical and recent inventories and taxonomic studies (Osório 1891(Osório , 1892(Osório , 1893(Osório , 1894(Osório , 1895a(Osório , b, 1898(Osório , 1906(Osório , 1917Fowler 1936a, b;Frade 1955;Correia da Costa 1956, 1957;Arnoult et al 1966;Bayer et al 1966;Blanc et al 1968;Thys van den Audenaerde and Tortonese 1974;Afonso et al 1999;Pezold et al 2006;Fricke 2007;Wirtz et al 2007;Kovačić and Schliewen 2008;Schliewen and Kovačić 2008;Rocha et al 2012;Reiner and Wirtz 2016;Vasco-Rodrigues et al 2016;Wirtz and Iwamoto 2016;Almeida andAlves 2017, 2019;Fricke and Wirtz 2017;Tuya et al 2017;Wirtz 2017;Iwamoto and Wirtz 2018) as well as general reports and species revisions on the ichthyofauna of the eastern Atlantic Ocean (Compagno 1984a(Compagno , b, 2001Allen 1985;Nakamura 1985;Whitehead 1985;Whitehead et al 1988;Carpenter and Allen 1989;Heemstra and Randall 1993;Nakamura and Parin 1993;…”

“…The Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini (Griffith and Smith, 1834), and Sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810, records from the GGOI (with the exception of Annobón) are also noteworthy as both species are also assessed as CR (Rigby et al 2021). The iconic Whale shark, Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828, assessed as Endangered (EN-Pierce and Norman 2016), was observed in 2015 around São Tomé and the Gulf of Guinea (Vasco-Rodrigues et al 2016). The species presents a circumtropical distribution with high suitability habitat in the eastern Atlantic (around Gabon, Congo, and Equatorial Guinea) (Sequeira et al 2014).…”