Check List 14(2): 379-385, doi: 10.15560/14.2.379
Non-native reef fishes in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: a recent record of Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) and biological aspects of Chromis limbata (Valenciennes, 1833) (Perciformes, Pomacentridae)
Johnatas Adelir-Alves‡, Marcelo Soeth§, Raul Rennó Braga ‡, Henry Louis Spach|‡ Universidade Federal do Paraná - Campus Centro Politécnico, Curitiba, Brazil§ Universidade Federal do Paraná - Centro de Estudos do Mar, Pontal do Paraná, Brazil| Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
Corresponding author: Johnatas Adelir-Alves ( johnatas_alves@yahoo.com ) Academic editor: Arturo Angulo © 2018 Johnatas Adelir-Alves, Marcelo Soeth, Raul Rennó Braga , Henry Louis Spach. 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:
Adelir-Alves J, Soeth M, Braga RR, Spach HL (2018) Non-native reef fishes in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: a recent record of Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) and biological aspects of Chromis limbata (Valenciennes, 1833) (Perciformes, Pomacentridae). Check List 14(2): 379-385. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.379 |  |
Abstract
In the present paper, we document a recent record of the Bannerfish, Heniochus acuminatus, an Indo-Pacific species, in the southwest Atlantic Ocean and comment on biological aspects of the Azores Chromis, Chromis limbata, an invasive reef fish in the western Atlantic Ocean. We suggest that investigations of invasive species along the Brazilian coast can use data provided by citizen science, strengthening the non-native reef fish control strategies.
Keywords
Bioinvasions; reef fish; Bannerfish; Azores Chromis; citizen science; Brazil