ReefSYN | Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset VIII: Fish assemblages from Southern Espírito Santo

Study Extent

The study area covers the southern coast of the state of Espírito Santo (between the municipalities of Anchieta and Mataraízes), between latitudes 20°42’S and 21°09’S.

Sampling

The data was used in a systematic spatial planning for marine conservation, resulting in a proposal for the creation of a mosaic of marine protected areas in the region (Pinheiro et al., 2010; Teixeira et al., 2013). More recently, the data was used for the Bacharel thesis of Guilherme L. da Cruz, (Cruz, 2022) and is currently under review (Cruz et al., under revision). Cruz, G.L. 2022. Associações entre a assembleia de peixes recifais e comunidades bentônicas no litoral sul do Espírito Santo, Brasil. Trabalho de Bacharel em Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas – CCHN, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Cruz, G.L., Pinheiro, HT, Marx, J., Teixeira, JB, Joyeux, JC. Regional scale conservation assessment of a mosaic of marine habitats indicate low trophic level convergence in reef fish assemblages. Under revision Pinheiro HT, Ferreira AL, Teixeira JB, 2010. Diagnóstico ambiental do litoral sul do estado do Espírito Santo: estudos complementares para a criação de uma unidade de conservação marinha. Associação Ambiental Voz da Natureza, Vitória. Available at: https://hudsonpinheiro.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/diagnc3b3stico-ambiental-do-litoral-sul-do-es-voz-da-natureza.pdf. Accessed in: 2023/11/09 Teixeira, J., Martins, A., Pinheiro, H., Secchin, N., Moura, R., Bastos, A., 2013. Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the mapping of benthic marine habitats. Journal of Environmental Management, 115, 241–250. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.11.020

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. The data was SCUBA-collected in the summer of 2009 and consists of 251 UVCs (20 x 2 m transects) performed between 3 to 23 meters depth. Divers registered the main substrate features in all UVCs and characterized five main habitats: biogenic reefs, rocky reefs, rhodoliths with algae, rhodoliths with invertebrates, and rhodoliths with sand.

1. Abudefduf saxatilis
2. Acanthostracion polygonium
3. Acanthostracion quadricornis
4. Acanthurus bahianus
5. Acanthurus chirurgus
6. Acanthurus coeruleus
7. Albula vulpes
8. Aluterus monoceros
9. Amblycirrhitus pinos
10. Anisotremus moricandi
11. Anisotremus surinamensis
12. Anisotremus virginicus
13. Apogon americanus
14. Archosargus probatocephalus
15. Azurina multilineata
16. Balistes vetula
17. Bathytoshia centroura
18. Bodianus pulchellus
19. Bodianus rufus
20. Cantherhines pullus
21. Canthigaster figueiredoi
22. Caranx crysos
23. Caranx latus
24. Cephalopholis fulva
25. Chaetodipterus faber
26. Chaetodon sedentarius
27. Chaetodon striatus
28. Chilomycterus reticulatus
29. Chloroscombrus chrysurus
30. Chromis jubauna
31. Coryphopterus
32. Coryphopterus dicrus
33. Coryphopterus glaucofraenum
34. Cryptotomus roseus
35. Dactylopterus volitans
36. Decapterus
37. Diodon hystrix
38. Diplectrum formosum
39. Diplectrum radiale
40. Diplodus argenteus
41. Doratonotus megalepis
42. Elacatinus figaro
43. Eucinostomus
44. Gnatholepis thompsoni
45. Gobiidae
46. Goblioclinus kalisherae
47. Gramma brasiliensis
48. Gymnothorax funebris
49. Gymnothorax moringa
50. Gymnothorax vicinus
51. Haemulon atlanticus
52. Haemulon aurolineatum
53. Haemulon parra
54. Haemulon plumierii
55. Halichoeres brasiliensis
56. Halichoeres poeyi
57. Harengula clupeola
58. Hippocampus reidi
59. Holacanthus ciliaris
60. Holacanthus tricolor
61. Holocentrus adscensionis
62. Hypsoblennius invemar
63. Kyphosus
64. Labrisomus cricota
65. Labrisomus nuchipinnis
66. Lutjanus jocu
67. Lutjanus synagris
68. Malacoctenus delalandii
69. Malacoctenus triangulatus
70. Monacanthus
71. Monacanthus ciliatus
72. Mycteroperca acutirostris
73. Mycteroperca bonaci
74. Myripristis jacobus
75. Ocyurus chrysurus
76. Odontoscion dentex
77. Ogcocephalus vespertilio
78. Opistognathus aurifrons
79. Opistognathus whitehursti
80. Orthopristis ruber
81. Pagrus pagrus
82. Parablennius marmoreus
83. Parablennius pilicornis
84. Paradiplogrammus bairdi
85. Pareques acuminatus
86. Pempheris schomburgkii
87. Pomacanthus arcuatus
88. Pomacanthus paru
89. Pomatomus saltatrix
90. Priacanthus arenatus
91. Pseudupeneus maculatus
92. Ptereleotris randalli
93. Rypticus saponaceus
94. Scorpaena plumieri
95. Selene vomer
96. Seriola rivoliana
97. Serranus atrobranchus
98. Serranus baldwini
99. Serranus flaviventris
100. Serranus phoebe
101. Sparisoma axillare
102. Sparisoma frondosum
103. Sparisoma radians
104. Sparisoma tuiupiranga
105. Sphoeroides camila
106. Stegastes fuscus
107. Stegastes pictus
108. Stegastes variabilis

The study area covers the southern coast of the state of Espírito Santo (between the municipalities of Anchieta and Mataraízes), between latitudes 20°42’S and 21°09’S.