Peixes do arquipélago Fernando de Noronha: Fishes Checklist

Jules M. R. Soto

doi:10.25607/bwuflp

Peixes do arquipélago Fernando de Noronha: Fishes Checklist

Citation

Soto J M R, Earl C (2023). Peixes do arquipélago Fernando de Noronha: Fishes Checklist. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/bwuflp accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-23.

Description

A systematic checklist of fishes of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil (03°50'S, 32°25'W) is presented, based on literature and field works. A total of 167 species (25 Elasmobranchs and 142 Teleosts) of 68 families were reported, including 4 endemic, 3 introduced and 25 never previously reported in this archipelago.

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 iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Fishes

Agnatha
rank: Superclass
Chondrichthyes
rank: unranked
Osteichthyes
rank: unranked

Geographic Coverages

Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves

Bibliographic Citations

Soto, J. M. R. 2001. Peixes do arquipélago Fernando de Noronha. Mare Magnum, 1(2): 147-169. -

Contacts

Jules M. R. Soto
originator
Museu Oceanográfico do Vale do Itajaí

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