Rich and underreported: First integrated assessment of the diversity of mesopelagic fishes in the Southwestern Tropical Atlantic
Citation
Eduardo L N, Bertrand A, Lucena-Frédou F, Villarins B T, Martins J R, Afonso G V F, Pietsch T W, Frédou T, Di Dario F, Mincarone M M, Earl C (2023). Rich and underreported: First integrated assessment of the diversity of mesopelagic fishes in the Southwestern Tropical Atlantic. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/kr0wqx accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-22.Description
Here, we provide the first integrative study of the biodiversity of mesopelagic fishes of the southwestern Tropical Atlantic (SWTA), based on two expeditions in northeastern Brazil in 2015 and 2017. A full list of mesopelagic fishes of the region is provided, including rare species and new records for the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone and the indication of potentially new species in groups such as the Stomiiformes and Beryciformes.Purpose
These data were made accessible through UNESCO's eDNA Expeditions project to mobilize available marine species and occurrence datasets from World Heritage Sites.
Sampling Description
Method steps
- See Github Project and R Notebook for dataset construction methods
Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Fishes
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Agnatharank: Superclass
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Chondrichthyesrank: unranked
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Osteichthyesrank: unranked
Geographic Coverages
Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
Bibliographic Citations
- Eduardo, Leandro & Bertrand, Arnaud & Lucena Frédou, Flavia & Villarins, Bárbara & Martins, Júlia & Afonso, Gabriel & Pietsch, Theodore & Fredou, Thierry & Di Dario, Fabio & Mincarone, Michael. (2022). Rich and underreported: First integrated assessment of the diversity of mesopelagic fishes in the Southwestern Tropical Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. - https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.937154
Contacts
Leandro Nolé Eduardooriginator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)
Arnaud Bertrand
originator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)
Flávia Lucena-Frédou
originator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)
Bárbara Teixeira Villarins
originator
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Júlia Rodrigues Martins
originator
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Gabriel Vinícius Felix Afonso
originator
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Theodore Wells Pietsch
originator
University of Washington
Thierry Frédou
originator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)
Fabio Di Dario
originator
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Michael Maia Mincarone
originator
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Chandra Earl
metadata author
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org
Chandra Earl
processor
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org
OBIS Secretariat
administrative point of contact
position: Secretariat
OBIS
email: helpdesk@obis.org