Fish occurrence data in the Terminos Lagoon, Campeche

Study Extent

Terminos Lagoon Flora and Fauna Protection Area, Campeche, Mexico.

Sampling

Nekton samples were collected with a shrimp trawl net. This is an active fishing method consisting of a 5-m long net with a mouth opening diameter of 2.5 m and mesh size of 19 mm. The net was trawled at a speed of ~4.6 km h-1 (2.5 knots) for 12 min, covering an area of 2000 m2 each trawl.

Method steps

1. Nekton samples were placed in plastic bags and stored in ice during the sampling campaigns. In laboratory, fish were sorted and identified to the species category. Organisms belong to the last three sampling campaign were transferred to ethanol and guarded at the fisheries laboratory of the EPOMEX-UAC institute.

The dataset contains occurrence records from organisms belong to the class Actinopteri and Elasmobranchii. The species list is composed by 141 species, 90 genera, 49 families and 20 orders.

1. Achiridae
   rank: family
2. Ariidae
   rank: family
3. Batrachoididae
   rank: family
4. Belonidae
   rank: family
5. Blenniidae
   rank: family
6. Bothidae
   rank: family
7. Carangidae
   rank: family
8. Centropomidae
   rank: family
9. Cichlidae
   rank: family
10. Clupeidae
    rank: family
11. Cynoglossidae
    rank: family
12. Dactylopteridae
    rank: family
13. Dasyatidae
    rank: family
14. Diodontidae
    rank: family
15. Eleotridae
    rank: family
16. Elopidae
    rank: family
17. Engraulidae
    rank: family
18. Ephippidae
    rank: family
19. Fundulidae
    rank: family
20. Gerreidae
    rank: family
21. Gobiidae
    rank: family
22. Gymnuridae
    rank: family
23. Haemulidae
    rank: family
24. Hemiramphidae
    rank: family
25. Labrisomidae
    rank: family
26. Lobotidae
    rank: family
27. Lutjanidae
    rank: family
28. Monacanthidae
    rank: family
29. Mugilidae
    rank: family
30. Muraenidae
    rank: family
31. Ophichthidae
    rank: family
32. Ostraciidae
    rank: family
33. Paralichthyidae
    rank: family
34. Polynemidae
    rank: family
35. Potamotrygonidae
    rank: family
36. Rhinobatidae
    rank: family
37. Scaridae
    rank: family
38. Sciaenidae
    rank: family
39. Scorpaenidae
    rank: family
40. Serranidae
    rank: family
41. Sparidae
    rank: family
42. Sphyraenidae
    rank: family
43. Stromateidae
    rank: family
44. Syngnathidae
    rank: family
45. Synodontidae
    rank: family
46. Tetraodontidae
    rank: family
47. Trichiuridae
    rank: family
48. Triglidae
    rank: family
49. Urotrygonidae
    rank: family

The Terminos Lagoon is situated in the Mexican littoral zone of Campeche, forming part of the Tropical Northwestern Atlantic’s marine ecoregion 69 (Southern Gulf of Mexico). Terminos Lagoon is a shallow water body (3.5 m depth) that covers an approximate water surface area of 1700 km2; it is a lagoon-estuarine system separate from the Gulf of Mexico by the Carmen Island, connected to the sea by two inlets permanently open: Puerto Real inlet on its eastern side and Carmen inlet on its western side. It receives freshwater from three streams on its southern part: Palizada River, Chumpan River, and Candelaria River.