New records of reef fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) in the Rocas Atoll Biological Reserve, off northeastern Brazil

Hudson Batista; Dráusio Veras; Paulo Oliveira; Diogo Oliveira; Mariana Tolotti; Yuri Marins; Julie Zill; Risonaldo Pereira; Fábio Hazin; Maurizélia Silva

doi:10.25607/vvgeub

New records of reef fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) in the Rocas Atoll Biological Reserve, off northeastern Brazil

Citation

Batista H, Veras D, Oliveira P, Oliveira D, Tolotti M, Marins Y, Zill J, Pereira R, Hazin F, Silva M, Earl C (2023). New records of reef fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) in the Rocas Atoll Biological Reserve, off northeastern Brazil. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/vvgeub accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-11.

Description

Six new records of reef fish and a hybrid species are reported from Rocas Atoll, off Rio Grande do Norte State, northeast Brazil. Data on species abundance, distribution of the recorded species in Brazilian oceanic islands, trophic structure, and the occurrence of the hybrid species “Menephorus dubius” are provided.

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

Batista, Carlos & Véras, Dráusio & Oliveira, Paulo & Oliveira, Diogo & Travassos Tolotti, Mariana & Marins, Yuri & Zill, Julie & Pereira, Risonaldo & Hazin, Fábio & Silva, Maurizelia. (2012). New records of reef fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) in the Rocas Atoll Biological Reserve, off northeastern Brazil. Check List. 8. 584-588. - http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/8.3.584

Contacts

Hudson Batista
originator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

Dráusio Veras
originator
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Paulo Oliveira
originator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

Diogo Oliveira
originator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

Mariana Tolotti
originator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

Yuri Marins
originator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

Julie Zill
originator
University of Florida

Risonaldo Pereira
originator
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio)

Fábio Hazin
originator
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

Maurizélia Silva
originator
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio)

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