Range extension of Scorpaena inermis (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) in the southwestern Atlantic

Autor: Carolina Paiva, Daniel Lippi, Rodrigo Caires, Elisabeth Silva-Falcão, Maria de Araújo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Check List, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp 1-3 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1809-127X
DOI: 10.15560/11.6.1788
Popis: Scorpaena inermis is recorded for the third time in the southwestern Atlantic. The known previous records of the species from Brazilian coast was collected Alagoas and Rio Grande do Norte states, prior of which the species was supposed to occur only in the northwestern Atlantic, from Georgia, USA, to Suriname and French Guiana. Here we report on two specimens that were collected in the northeastern Brazil and were deposited in Brazilian institutions. These new reports of S. inermis in Brazilian waters extend the geographic distribution of this species in the western Atlantic and the interval of three morphometric features.
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