An updated checklist of the reef fishes of the Southeastern Reefs Marine Sanctuary of the Dominican Republic

This work presents an updated taxonomic list of the fish fauna of the coral reefs in the Southeastern Reefs Marine Sanctuary (SMASE) in the Dominican Republic. The inventory is the result of 360 visual surveys of coral reefs during the period 2013-2016. We recorded 150 species from 86 genera and 47...

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Authors: Camilo Cortés Useche, Johanna Calle Triviño, Rita Sellares Blasco, Alido Luis Báez, Jesús Ernesto Arias González
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2018
Country:México
Institution:Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Repository:Redalyc-IPN
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:42559305007
Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42559305007
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Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Biología
Caribbean
Coral reefs
Biodiversity
Ichthyofauna
Marine Protected Area
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Summary:This work presents an updated taxonomic list of the fish fauna of the coral reefs in the Southeastern Reefs Marine Sanctuary (SMASE) in the Dominican Republic. The inventory is the result of 360 visual surveys of coral reefs during the period 2013-2016. We recorded 150 species from 86 genera and 47 families, including 14 new records for the southeast coastline of the Dominican Republic. The families of fishes with the highest species number comprised Serranidae (16 species), Haemulidae (12 species) and Pomacentridae (10 species).