Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829), Elongate Surgeonfish (Acanthuridae), newly recorded in the Tropical Eastern Pacifi

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 22 Nov 2021Publisher:Pensoft PublishersJournal:Check List, volume 17, pages 1,609-1,614 (eissn: 1809-127X,

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Authors: D. Ross Robertson; Allison L. Morgan-Estapé; Carlos J. Estapé;

doi: 10.15560/17.6.1609 , 10.60692/p75g9-nzh41 , 10.60692/m98ws-nhw08

Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829), Elongate Surgeonfish (Acanthuridae), newly recorded in the Tropical Eastern Pacifi

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The reef-fish fauna of the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) includes 12 species of surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae), five of them in the genus Acanthurus. Recent recreational scuba diving at Isla Darwin in the Galapagos archipelago produced photographs of adults of an additional species of Acanthurus, A. mata (Cuvier, 1829), for which there are no previous records in the TEP. This species may have escaped previous notice due to its semi-pelagic habitat preference and its resemblance to Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835, which occurs throughout much of the Galapagos.

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Keywords

Pacific ocean, Marine Biodiversity, QH301-705.5, Reef, Citizen science, Aquatic Science, Oceanography, Tropical Eastern Pacific, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Pelagic zone, High-Value Components and Bioactives from Sea Cucumbers, reef-fish, new record, Biology (General), Biology, Archipelago, Resilience of Coral Reef Ecosystems to Climate Change, Ecology, Geography, scuba diving, Life Sciences, Geology, FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences, Coral reef fish, Ecological Dynamics of Marine Environments, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Fauna, oceanic island, Fishery, FOS: Biological sciences, Environmental Science, Physical Sciences, oceanic is, Galapagos

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