Check List 17(6): 1609-1614, doi: 10.15560/17.6.1609
Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829), Elongate Surgeonfish (Acanthuridae), newly recorded in the Tropical Eastern Pacifi
D. Ross Robertson‡, Allison L. Morgan-Estapé§, Carlos J. Estap駇 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama§ Independent Photographer, Islamorada, United States of America
Corresponding author: D. Ross Robertson ( robertsondr@si.edu ) Corresponding author: Allison L. Morgan-Estapé ( allison.carlos@me.com ) Corresponding author: Carlos J. Estapé ( carlos.allison@me.com ) Academic editor: Zeehan Jaafar © D. Ross Robertson, Allison L. Morgan-Estapé, Carlos J. Estapé. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Citation:
Robertson DR, Morgan-Estapé AL, Estapé CJ (2021) Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829), Elongate Surgeonfish (Acanthuridae), newly recorded in the Tropical Eastern Pacifi. Check List 17(6): 1609-1614. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.6.1609 |  |
Abstract
The reef-fish fauna of the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) includes 12 species of surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae), five of them in the genus Acanthurus. Recent recreational scuba diving at Isla Darwin in the Galapagos archipelago produced photographs of adults of an additional species of Acanthurus, A. mata (Cuvier, 1829), for which there are no previous records in the TEP. This species may have escaped previous notice due to its semi-pelagic habitat preference and its resemblance to Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835, which occurs throughout much of the Galapagos.
Keywords
Citizen science, Galapagos, new record, oceanic island, reef-fish, scuba diving