Check List 14(2): 323-327, doi: 10.15560/14.2.323
Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 (Elopiformes, Megalopidae): new records for the state of São Paulo, with comments on its occurrence in the southeastern coast of Brazil, Southwest Atlantic
Domingos Garrone-Neto‡, Alexandre Rodrigues§‡ Universidade Estadual Paulista, Registro, Brazil§ Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil
Corresponding author: Domingos Garrone-Neto ( garroneneto@yahoo.com ) Academic editor: Hudson Tercio Pinheiro © 2018 Domingos Garrone-Neto, Alexandre Rodrigues. 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:
Garrone-Neto D, Rodrigues A (2018) Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 (Elopiformes, Megalopidae): new records for the state of São Paulo, with comments on its occurrence in the southeastern coast of Brazil, Southwest Atlantic. Check List 14(2): 323-327. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.323 |  |
Abstract
New records of Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 in the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, are reported from recreational catches carried out in February 2017. Data collected is the first occurrence of this species in more than 50 years, extending its geographic distribution by about 250 km, from Cananéia, in the south, to Guarujá, on the central coast. Although rarely recorded, M. atlanticus is present off the coast of São Paulo. This possibly represents the southernmost distribution for M. atlanticus in the Southwest Atlantic.
Keywords
Tarpon; geographical distribution; wide-ranging species; recreational fishing; citizen science; conservation