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First record and range extension of the jawfish, Opistognathus panamaensis (Perciformes: Opistognathidae) from western Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2013

R.C. Zepeta-Vilchis ,
A. Ayala-Bocos ,
O. Valencia-Méndez  and
A. López-Pérez
R.C. Zepeta-Vilchis*
Affiliation:
Programa de Biología Marina, Universidad del Mar, Puerto Ángel, AP 47, CP 70902, Oaxaca, México
A. Ayala-Bocos
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, México
O. Valencia-Méndez
Affiliation:
Programa de Posgrado en Ecología Marina, Universidad del Mar, Puerto Ángel, AP 47, CP 70902, Oaxaca, México
A. López-Pérez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Hidrobiología, DCBS, UAM-Iztapalapa, Avenida San Rafael, Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina A.P: 55-535,09340, México, D.F.
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R.C. Zepeta-Vilchis, Universidad del Mar, Ciudad Universitaria, Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, Mexico email: zepeta@angel.umar.mx
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Abstract

Numerous specimens of Ophistognathus panamaensis were observed along the coast of Oaxaca in western Mexico and one specimen was collected by Hawaiian sling in the coral reef zones of Huatulco, Mexico in November 2012. Therefore, this paper reports for the first time the occurrence of O. panamaensis in Mexico and extends its previous distribution by 1245 km north of the Eastern Pacific equatorial zone.

Keywords

OpistognathusOpistognathidaeequatorial zoneMexican Pacificcoral reefsextensiondistributionoccurrencerecordreef icthyofauna
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e132
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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