Check List 19(5): 611-620, doi: 10.15560/19.5.611
New record of Azurina intercrusma (Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) (Ovalentaria incertae sedis, Pomacentridae) and confirmation of Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson, 1828) (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) in the Galápagos Islands
William Bensted-Smith‡, Inti Keith‡, Jack Grove§, Stuart Banks‡‡ Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador§ East Pacific Corridor Alliance, Tavernier, United States of America
Corresponding author: William Bensted-Smith ( billy.benstedsmith@fcdarwin.org.ec ) Academic editor: Arturo Angulo © William Bensted-Smith, Inti Keith, Jack Grove, Stuart Banks. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Bensted-Smith W, Keith I, Grove J, Banks S (2023) New record of Azurina intercrusma (Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) (Ovalentaria incertae sedis, Pomacentridae) and confirmation of Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson, 1828) (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) in the Galápagos Islands. Check List 19(5): 611-620. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.611 |  |
Abstract
Herein we provide the first published records for Azurina intercrusma and a correction of previous Scuticaria tigrina records within the Galápagos Marine Reserve. The former had not previously been reported north of the southern Ecuadorian coastline and represents a significant step outside of its known distribution for this cold-water species. Scuticaria tigrina had been mentioned in previous literature as present, but its inclusion appears to have been in error; we confirm its presence as a vagrant and provide evidence of live observations in different parts of the archipelago.
Keywords
Citizen science, Eastern Tropical Pacific, new record, reef-eel, reef-fish, scuba diving, subtidal monitoring