Presencia de ciguatoxinas en la especie invasora pez león (Pterois volitans) y en otros peces arrecifales en dos áreas naturales protegidas de Quintana Roo: Arrecife de Puerto Morelos e Isla Contoy
Citation
Almazán Becerril A, Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad C (2025). Presencia de ciguatoxinas en la especie invasora pez león (Pterois volitans) y en otros peces arrecifales en dos áreas naturales protegidas de Quintana Roo: Arrecife de Puerto Morelos e Isla Contoy. Version 1.9. Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dpk4hw accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-17.Description
La ciguatera es una intoxicación causada por el consumo de peces contaminados con ciguatoxinas, que son moléculas tipo poliéter de alto peso molecular sintetizadas por especies de dinoflagelados del género Gambierdiscus, que habitan de forma epífita sobre algas de los arrecifes coralinos. Estas toxinas llegan al ser humano después de haber sido acumuladas a lo largo de la cadena trófica en los tejidos de los peces carnívoros (músculos y vísceras) provocando este padecimiento, que según algunas estimaciones afecta hasta 500,000 personas al año en todo el mundo. Además del impacto que tiene en salud pública, la ciguatera también afecta la economía de las comunidades que dependen de los recursos pesqueros de los sistemas arrecifales ya sea para autoconsumo, comercio regional o exportación. Por lo tanto, esta propuesta tiene como objetivo determinar el estado actual de la intoxicación por ciguatera en el Caribe Mexicano (zona norte de Quintana Roo), trazar su historia epidemiológica y proyectar escenarios del comportamiento futuro de este padecimiento en el contexto del deterioro de los sistemas arrecifales atendiendo en particular a dos fenómenos que actúan sinérgicamente en diferentes escalas espaciales. El primero es el cambio climático cuyos efectos inmediatos son el incremento de la temperatura y la acidificación del océano. El segundo es la invasión del pez león (Pterois volitans) en la cuenca del Caribe que opera a nivel local modificando la estructura de las cadenas tróficas e impactando a las comunidades de peces locales. Para ejecutar esta propuesta es necesario trabajar paralelamente en la recopilación, generación y análisis de información en aspectos epidemiológicos, ecológicos y toxinológicos.
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Bodianus rufuscommon name: vieja española, Spanish hogfish rank: species
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Scarus isericommon name: loro listado, striped parrotfish rank: species
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Holocentrus rufuscommon name: ardilla espina larga, candil rufo, longspine squirrelfish, ardilla espina larga, candil rufo rank: species
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Halimeda crypticarank: species
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Caulerpa chemnitziarank: species
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Haemulon striatumcommon name: ronco pinto, striped grunt rank: species
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Epinephelus striatuscommon name: mero del Caribe, Nassau grouper rank: species
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Dasya mollisrank: species
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Lachnolaimus maximuscommon name: boquinete, hogfish rank: species
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Liagora ceranoidesrank: species
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Cladophoropsis membranacearank: species
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Stegastes diencaeuscommon name: jaqueta miel, longfin damselfish rank: species
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Mulloidichthys martinicuscommon name: chivo amarillo rank: species
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Eucheuma isiformerank: species
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Laurencia papillosarank: species
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Ceramium cruciatumrank: species
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Kyphosus cinerascensrank: species
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Chondria dasyphyllarank: species
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Sparisoma atomariumcommon name: loro mancha verde, greenblotch parrotfish rank: species
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Feldmannia mitchelliaerank: species
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Gerres cinereuscommon name: mojarra blanca, mojarra trompetera, yellowfin mojarra, mojarra blanca, mojarra trompetera rank: species
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Rhipocephalus phoenix f. brevifoliusrank: infraspecificname
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Rhipocephalus phoenix f. longifoliusrank: infraspecificname
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Amphiroa rigida var. antillanarank: infraspecificname
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Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán ACUnidad de Ciencias del Agua
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MX
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