ReefSYN | Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset V: Fish assemblages from Trindade and Martin Vaz

Study Extent

The expeditions occurred between February and April 2007, and April and July 2009, resulting in 120 days in the field and over 100 SCUBA dives. The data in Martin Vaz was collected in the 2007 expedition, during a three-days trip aboard on a fishing boat.

Sampling

The UVCs were conducted on 20 x 2 m belt transects and covered fringing and rocky reefs, different levels of substrate complexity and were performed between 3 and 45 m depth (see Pinheiro 2011 for details). The results of the study were published in Pinheiro & Gasparini (2009), Pinheiro et al. (2009; 2011) and Simon et al. (2013). Pinheiro HT, Gasparini JL, 2009. Peixes Recifais do Complexo Insular Oceânico Trindade-Martin Vaz: Novas Ocorrências, Atividades de Pesca, Mortandade Natural e Conservação, In: Mohr, L.V., Castro, J.W.A., Costa, P.M.S., Alves, R.J.V. (Eds.), Ilhas Oceânicas Brasileiras: Da Pesquisa Ao Manejo. MMA/Secretaria de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Brasília, pp. 143–161. Pinheiro HT, Camilato V, Gasparini, JL, Joyeux J-C. (2009) New records of fishes for Trindade-Martin Vaz oceanic insular complex, Brazil. Zootaxa, 2298. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2298.1.3 Pinheiro HT, Ferreira CEL, Joyeux J-C, Santos RG, Horta PA (2011). Reef fish structure and distribution in a south-western Atlantic Ocean tropical island. Journal of Fish Biology, 79, 1984–2006. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03138.x Simon T, Macieira RM, Joyeux J-C, (2013). The shore fishes of the Trindade-Martin Vaz insular complex: an update. Journal of Fish Biology, 82, 2113–27. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12126

Quality Control

The name of all taxa was checked against the WoRMS database (World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS, 2022)), using the R package “worrms” (Chamberlain 2020). Thus, valid scientific names were called “scientificNameAccepted” following the DCS standard. The last checking was done on 23 October 2023, using the version 0.4.2 of ‘worrms’ R package.

Method steps

1. Fishes were tallied within size classes (0-5 cm, 5-10, 10-20 and so on) to estimate biomass through length-weight relationships.

1. Abudefduf saxatilis
2. Acanthostracion polygonium
3. Acanthostracion quadricornis
4. Acanthurus bahianus
5. Acanthurus coeruleus
6. Aluterus scriptus
7. Amblycirrhitus pinos
8. Anisotremus surinamensis
9. Apogon americanus
10. Azurina multilineata
11. Balistes vetula
12. Blenniidae
13. Bodianus pulchellus
14. Bodianus rufus
15. Cantherhines pullus
16. Canthidermis maculata
17. Canthidermis sufflamen
18. Canthigaster figueiredoi
19. Caranx crysos
20. Caranx latus
21. Caranx lugubris
22. Caranx ruber
23. Cephalopholis fulva
24. Chaetodon striatus
25. Clupeidae
26. Coryphopterus
27. Dactylopterus volitans
28. Diodon holocanthus
29. Diplodus argenteus
30. Echidna catenata
31. Elacatinus pridisi
32. Enchelycore carychroa
33. Enchelycore nigricans
34. Entomacrodus
35. Epinephelus adscensionis
36. Ginglymostoma cirratum
37. Gnatholepis thompsoni
38. Gymnothorax miliaris
39. Gymnothorax moringa
40. Halichoeres
41. Halichoeres brasiliensis
42. Halichoeres penrosei
43. Halichoeres poeyi
44. Hemiramphus brasiliensis
45. Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
46. Holacanthus tricolor
47. Holocentrus adscensionis
48. Kyphosus
49. Labrisomus nuchipinnis
50. Malacanthus
51. Malacanthus plumieri
52. Melichthys niger
53. Microspathodon chrysurus
54. Mulloidichthys martinicus
55. Mycteroperca interstitialis
56. Mycteroperca venenosa
57. Myrichthys breviceps
58. Myripristis jacobus
59. NA
60. Ophioblennius atlanticus
61. Opistognathus aurifrons
62. Paradiplogrammus bairdi
63. Paranthias furcifer
64. Platybelone argalus
65. Prognathodes brasiliensis
66. Pseudupeneus maculatus
67. Rypticus saponaceus
68. Sargocentron bullisi
69. Scarinae
70. Scorpaena plumieri
71. Seriola rivoliana
72. Sparisoma amplum
73. Sparisoma axillare
74. Sphoeroides camila
75. Sphyraena barracuda
76. Stegastes pictus
77. Stegastes trindadensis
78. Synodus synodus
79. Thalassoma noronhanum

The expeditions occurred between February and April 2007, and April and July 2009 in Trindade Island, Brazil. And, the data in Martin Vaz (Brazil) was collected in the 2007.