First record of African Hind, Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828) (Perciformes, Epinephelidae) in the South-western Atlantic

Lucas Canes Garcia; Cristiano Rangel Moreira; Alfredo Carvalho-Filho

doi:10.15560/14.6.961

Check List 14(6): 961-965, doi: 10.15560/14.6.961

First record of African Hind, Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828) (Perciformes, Epinephelidae) in the South-western Atlantic

Lucas Canes Garcia^‡, Cristiano Rangel Moreira^‡, Alfredo Carvalho-Filho^§

‡ Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil§ Fish-Bizz Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Corresponding author: Lucas Canes Garcia ( canezlucas@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Arturo Angulo

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Citation: Canes Garcia L, Rangel Moreira C, Carvalho Filho A (2018) First record of African Hind, Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828) (Perciformes, Epinephelidae) in the South-western Atlantic. Check List 14(6): 961-965. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.6.961

Abstract

Recent studies reported the introduction of non-native species on the Brazilian coast. In this contribution, we provide the first record of Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes 1828) in the western South Atlantic, based on a specimen captured off the Ilhas Cagarras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and discuss the potential agents for its introduction. While this single specimen was collected in 2006 in a well-known locality, no other specimen has been captured since.

Keywords

Brazil; grouper; introduced species; reef fish; Brazilian economic exclusive zone