Ictiofauna de los arrecifes coralinos del norte de Veracruz

Abstract

A CHECKLIST OF CORAL REEF FISHES FROM NORTHERN VERACRUZ, BASED ON RECORDS OF FISH FAUNA CITED ON LITERATURE, AS WELL AS VISUAL CENSUSES DONE BY THE AUTHOR DURING THE EXPEDITION COMPLETED IN JULY 2002, PRINCIPALLY, IS DOCUMENTED. THE CHECKLIST INCLUDES 244 FISH SPECIES OF 145 GENERA AND 71 FAMILIES. AMONG THESE 13 NEW RECORDS OF FISH SPECIES ARE CITED FOR THE CORAL REEFS OF THE REGION: DASYATIS AMERICANA, MEGALOPS ATLANTICUS, SYNODUS SAURUS, HYPOPLECTRUS NIGRICANS, HYPOPLECTRUS PUELLA, HAEMULOS SCIURUS, CALAMUS CALAMUS, CENTROPYGE ARGI, NICHOLSINA USTA, SCARUS COERULEUS, SPHYRAENA GUACHANCHO, CANTHIDERMIS SUFFLAMEN AND LACTOPHRYS BICAUDALIS.