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Fish biodiversity in three northern islands of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve Colombian Caribbean

Dataset homepage

Citation

Acero P. A, Polanco F. A, Tavera J J, Bolaños-Cubillos N (2019). Fish biodiversity in three northern islands of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve Colombian Caribbean. Version 1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15472/7rocx4 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-22.

Description

The dataset comprise a depurated inventory of the fish species reported from the northern area of the Reserva, that is the three islands Roncador, Serrana, Serranilla and Quitasueño, the larger and more western island, which has not been yet the official target of an expedition. The dataset include all the fish species seen during the expeditions carried upon between 2015 and 2017 to the islands plus the registers previously published in Bolaños-Cubillos et al. (2015), Polanco F. (2015) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2015).

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The San Andrés, Old Providence and Santa Catalina archipelago (Colombia) occupies an important, but relatively small, portion of the central western Caribbean Sea between 82 and 86 °W meridians and 12 and 16 °N parallels. The three main islands are populated by raizales, mainland Colombians, and foreigners, mainly traders. Small islands are kept under protection by organic members of the Colombian Navy. The archipelago includes about three fourths of the more than a hundred Colombian coral formations. Since 2014 the Colombian government (Comisión Colombiana del Océano, CCO) has been organizing an annual scientific expedition to the Reserve. So far three northern islands have been intensively sampled: Roncador (2015), Serrana (2016), and Serranilla (2017).

Sampling

The dataset entitled “Fish biodiversity in three northern islands of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve (Colombian Caribbean)” is herewith reported. Dataset were compiled from 1) a peer reviewed paper (Bolaños-Cubillos et al., 2015) that published a baseline checklist of the fishes known from the Reserve, reporting a total of 653 fish species, distributed in 121 families. That original list was based on 28 papers and grey reports of the scientists that have worked on the islands fish biodiversity since 1944 as well as on unpublished data gathered by the authors in the last two decades. 2) Biological records unpublished and partially available at SIB Colombia, reporting some results of several projects developed during the Seaflower Expeditions 2015, 2016 and 2017 (Acero A. 2018; Acero et al. 2018; Polanco F. 2018) and 3) species found on the deep shelves and upper slopes of the islands of the Reserve and already reported by Robertson & Van Tassell (2015) and Polanco F. (2015). During the expeditions organized by the CCO data were collected by scuba diving as well as snorkeling (total of 250 man-hours of underwater observation). Material collected or photographically recorded by other researchers and expedition members was used when pertinent. In the case of Serranilla, seven species come from videos taken by the project “Elasmobranch diversity and abundance estimates using baited remote underwater video stations” developed by team of researchers from the Colombia Azul Foundation, the Universidad de los Andes and the Florida International University.

Quality Control

Scientific names follow the Catalog of Fishes (Eschmeyer et al., 2018) and the classification follows Eschmeyer et al. (2018) for cartilaginous fishes and Betancur-R. et al. (2017) for bony fishes.

Method steps

  1. The included dataset comprises a depurated inventory of the fish species reported from the northern area of the Reserva, that is the three islands already mentioned and Quitasueño, the larger and more western island, which has not been yet the official target of an expedition. The dataset include all the fish species seen during the expeditions carried upon between 2015 and 2017 to the islands of Roncador, Serrana, and Serranilla (Table 1) plus the reports previously published in Bolaños-Cubillos et al. (2015), Polanco F. (2015) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2015).

Additional info

This dataset is described in a datareport published in Frontiers in Marine Science, section Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity. in the following link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00113

Taxonomic Coverages

A total of 412 species are listed, included in 103 families and 233 genera.
  1. Chimaeridae
    rank: family
  2. Ginglymostomatidae
    rank: family
  3. Lamnidae
    rank: family
  4. Scyliorhinidae
    rank: family
  5. Triakidae
    rank: family
  6. Carcharhinidae
    rank: family
  7. Sphyrnidae
    rank: family
  8. Hexanchidae
    rank: family
  9. Squalidae
    rank: family
  10. Narcinidae
    rank: family
  11. Rhinobatidae
    rank: family
  12. Rajidae
    rank: superfamily
  13. Urotrygonidae
    rank: family
  14. Dasyatidae
    rank: family
  15. Myliobatidae
    rank: family
  16. Megalopidae
    rank: family
  17. Albulidae
    rank: family
  18. Congridae
    rank: family
  19. Muraenidae
    rank: family
  20. Nettastomatidae
    rank: family
  21. Ophichthidae
    rank: family
  22. Chlopsidae
    rank: family
  23. Moringuidae
    rank: family
  24. Clupeidae
    rank: superfamily
  25. Engraulidae
    rank: family
  26. Argentinidae
    rank: family
  27. Synodontidae
    rank: family
  28. Chlorophthalmidae
    rank: family
  29. Parazenidae
    rank: superfamily
  30. Zeniontidae
    rank: family
  31. Grammicolepididae
    rank: family
  32. Merlucciidae
    rank: family
  33. Polymixiidae
    rank: family
  34. Berycidae
    rank: family
  35. Trachichthyidae
    rank: family
  36. Holocentridae
    rank: family
  37. Ophidiidae
    rank: family
  38. Apogonidae
    rank: family
  39. Gobiidae
    rank: family
  40. Aulostomidae
    rank: family
  41. Fistulariidae
    rank: family
  42. Syngnathidae
    rank: family
  43. Dactylopteridae
    rank: family
  44. Callionymidae
    rank: family
  45. Mullidae
    rank: family
  46. Gempylidae
    rank: family
  47. Nomeidae
    rank: family
  48. Scombridae
    rank: family
  49. Polynemidae
    rank: family
  50. Sphyraenidae
    rank: superfamily
  51. Carangidae
    rank: family
  52. Coryphaenidae
    rank: family
  53. Echeneidae
    rank: family
  54. Rachycentridae
    rank: family
  55. Bothidae
    rank: family
  56. Paralichthyidae
    rank: superfamily
  57. Grammatidae
    rank: family
  58. Opistognathidae
    rank: family
  59. Pomacentridae
    rank: family
  60. Atherinidae
    rank: family
  61. Belonidae
    rank: family
  62. Exocoetidae
    rank: family
  63. Hemiramphidae
    rank: family
  64. Mugilidae
    rank: family
  65. Gobiesocidae
    rank: family
  66. Blenniidae
    rank: family
  67. Chaenopsidae
    rank: family
  68. Labrisomidae
    rank: family
  69. Tripterygiidae
    rank: family
  70. Caproidae
    rank: family
  71. Gerreidae
    rank: family
  72. Haemulidae
    rank: family
  73. Lutjanidae
    rank: family
  74. Malacanthidae
    rank: family
  75. Pomacanthidae
    rank: family
  76. Priacanthidae
    rank: family
  77. Sciaenidae
    rank: family
  78. Uranoscopidae
    rank: family
  79. Labridae
    rank: family
  80. Scaridae
    rank: family
  81. Lobotidae
    rank: family
  82. Ephippidae
    rank: family
  83. Sparidae
    rank: family
  84. Chaetodontidae
    rank: family
  85. Antennariidae
    rank: family
  86. Ogcocephalidae
    rank: family
  87. Triacanthodidae
    rank: family
  88. Diodontidae
    rank: family
  89. Tetraodontidae
    rank: family
  90. Balistidae
    rank: family
  91. Monacanthidae
    rank: family
  92. Ostraciidae
    rank: family
  93. Acanthuridae
    rank: family
  94. Acropomatidae
    rank: family
  95. Pempheridae
    rank: family
  96. Cirrhitidae
    rank: family
  97. Kyphosidae
    rank: family
  98. Percophidae
    rank: family
  99. Serranidae
    rank: family
  100. Scorpaenidae
    rank: family
  101. Setarchidae
    rank: family
  102. Peristediidae
    rank: family
  103. Triglidae
    rank: family

Geographic Coverages

The San Andrés, Old Providence and Santa Catalina archipelago (Colombia) occupies an important, but relatively small, portion of the central western Caribbean Sea between 82 and 86 °W meridians and 12 and 16 °N parallels. The three main islands are populated by raizales, mainland Colombians, and foreigners, mainly traders. Small islands are kept under protection by organic members of the Colombian Navy. The archipelago includes about three fourths of the more than a hundred Colombian coral formations. Since 2014 the Colombian government (Comisión Colombiana del Océano, CCO) has been organizing an annual scientific expedition to the Reserve. So far three northern islands have been intensively sampled: Roncador (2015), Serrana (2016), and Serranilla (2017).

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Betancur-R., R., E.O. Wiley, G. Arratia, A. Acero, N. Bailly, M. Miya, G. Lecointre & G. Ortí. 2017. Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 -
  2. Bolaños-Cubillos, N., A. Abril, H. Bent Hooker, J.P. Caldas & A. Acero P. 2015. Lista de peces conocidos del archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Reserva de Biosfera Seaflower, Caribe occidental colombiano. Bol. Invest. Mar. Cost. 44 (1): 127-162. -
  3. Chasqui V., L., A. Polanco F., A. Acero P., P.A. Mejía-Falla, A.F. Navia, L.A. Zapata & J.P. Caldas (Eds.). 2017. Libro rojo de peces marinos de Colombia. Serie Publicaciones Generales Invemar 93, Santa Marta. 552 p. -
  4. Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds). Catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 2018. - http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp
  5. Polanco F., A. 2015. Dynamics of the continental slope demersal fish community in the Colombian Caribbean. Doctoral dissertation, Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, 189 p. -
  6. Robertson, D.R. & J. Van Tassell. 2015.Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean: online information system. Version 1.0 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panamá. - http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/caribbean/en/pages
  7. Acero A. 2018. Biodiversidad íctica de la Isla Cayo Serrana durante la Expedición Seaflower 2016 - Proyecto Colombia BIO. Version 2.4. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Occurrence dataset - https://doi.org/10.15472/awzfyz accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-08-14.
  8. Acero P. A, A, Polanco F., J.J. Tavera, N. Bolaños-Cubillos. 2018. Fish_biodiversity_in_three_northern_islands_of_the_Seaflower_Biosphere_Reserve_Colombian_Caribbean. v1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. - https://ipt.biodiversidad.co/sibm/resource?r=fish_biodiversity_northern_islands_seaflower_biosphere_reserve_colombian_caribbean&v=1.0

Contacts

Arturo Acero P.
originator
position: Investigador
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Calle 25 No. 2-55, Playa Salguero,Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia
Santa Marta
Magdalena
CO
Andrea Polanco F.
originator
position: Investigador
INVEMAR
Calle 25 No. 2-55, Playa Salguero,Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia
Santa Marta
Magdalena
CO
email: andrea.polanco@gmail.com
Jose Julian Tavera
originator
position: Investigador
Universidad del Valle
Cali
Valle del Cauca
CO
Nacor Bolaños-Cubillos
originator
position: Investigador
Coralina
San Andrés Isla
Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina
CO
Andrea Polanco F.
metadata author
position: Investigador
INVEMAR
Calle 25 No. 2-55, Playa Salguero,Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia
Santa Marta
Magdalena
CO
email: andrea.polanco@gmail.com
Andrea Polanco F.
author
position: Investigador
INVEMAR
Calle 25 No. 2-55, Playa Salguero,Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia
Santa Marta
Magdalena
CO
email: andrea.polanco@invemar.org.co
Arturo Acero P.
author
position: investigador
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Calle 25 # 2-55, Playa Salguero, Rodadero Sur, Santa Marta
Santa Marta
Magdalena
CO
Jose Julian Tavera
author
position: Investigador
Universidad del Valle
Cali
Valle del Cauca
CO
Nacor Bolaños-Cubillos
author
position: Investigador
Coralina
San Andres Isla
Archipielago de San Andres y Providencia
CO
Andrea Polanco F.
administrative point of contact
position: Autor
INVEMAR
Calle 25 No. 2-55, Playa Salguero,Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia
Santa Marta
Magdalena
CO
email: andrea.polanco@gmail.com
Erika Montoya-Cadavid
administrative point of contact
position: Administrador Contenidos IPT SiBM
Invemar
Calle 25 No. 2-55, Playa Salguero,Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia
Santa Marta
Magdalena
CO
email: erika.montoya@invemar.org.co
Julio Bohorquez
administrative point of contact
position: Custodio Bases de datos Invemar
Invemar
Calle 25 No. 2-55, Playa Salguero,Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia
Santa Marta
Magdalena
CO
email: julio.bohorquez@invemar.org.co
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