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Northern range extension of the fortune jack Seriola peruana (Actinopterygii: Carangidae), with comments on its distribution in the Gulf of California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2025

A. E. Romo-Curiel Open the ORCID record for A. E. Romo-Curiel [Opens in a new window] ,
U. Rubio-Rodríguez Open the ORCID record for U. Rubio-Rodríguez [Opens in a new window] ,
Z. Ramírez-Mendoza Open the ORCID record for Z. Ramírez-Mendoza [Opens in a new window]  and
A. F. González-Acosta Open the ORCID record for A. F. González-Acosta [Opens in a new window]
A. E. Romo-Curiel
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Science, Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
U. Rubio-Rodríguez*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecología Pesquera, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México Laboratorio de Arqueozoología ‘M. en C. Ticul Álvarez Solórzano’, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Ciudad de México, México
Z. Ramírez-Mendoza
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografía Biológica, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California, México
A. F. González-Acosta
Affiliation:
Departamento de Pesquerías y Biología Marina, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México
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Corresponding author: U. Rubio-Rodríguez; Email: urubio33@gmail.com
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Abstract

The fortune jack (Seriola peruana), a pelagic fish typically found along the Tropical Eastern Pacific, has been recorded in the northernmost Gulf of California (GC) region. The first record in the Upper Gulf and habitat expansion of S. peruana is reported based on the meristic, morphometric, and biological data of three specimens caught by local artisanal fishermen in April 2024. The lack of commercial value likely explains the region's absence of records for this species. The increased presence of S. peruana distribution in the Upper GC could have significant ecological implications, which warrants further fish habitat use and climate change research.

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commercial fishingdemersal fishdistributionrange extensionTropical Eastern Pacific
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 105 , 2025 , e17
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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