New records of fish for the Colombian Caribbean of the orders Beryciformes, Zeiformes, Perciformes and Tetraodontiformes

Between October and August 1999 five cruises were made on board of R/V Ancon, across the Colombian Caribbean slope, from Punta Estrella (Guajira), near the Venezuelan border, to Cabo Tiburon (Choco), near the Panama border. Eighty trawls were made between 200 and 500 m depth with a semi-balloon net....

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Published inBoletín de investigaciones marinas y costeras no. 32; pp. 3 - 24
Main Authors Roa Varon, A, Saavedra Diaz, LM, Acero P, A, Mejia M, LE, Navas S, GR
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published 01.03.2003
Subjects
Benthodesmus
Diplospinnus
Marine
Plectranthias
ASW, Colombia
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Summary:Between October and August 1999 five cruises were made on board of R/V Ancon, across the Colombian Caribbean slope, from Punta Estrella (Guajira), near the Venezuelan border, to Cabo Tiburon (Choco), near the Panama border. Eighty trawls were made between 200 and 500 m depth with a semi-balloon net. Twelve new records of fish for the Colombian Caribbean of the orders Beryciformes, Zeiformes, Perciformes and Tetraodontiformes were collected. Plectranthias garrupellus (Serranidae), Benthodesmus tenuis and B. simonyi (Trichiuridae) are new records for the Caribbean; Diplospinnus multistriatus family (Gempylidae) is a new record for the southern Caribbean.
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ISSN:0122-9761