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Pisces, Perciformes, Gobiidae, Ctenogobius stigmaticus (Poey, 1860): New species record at Patos Lagoon estuary, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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DOI:10.15560/6.1.056

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Marcelo D. M. Burns

ONG - Grupo Especial de Estudo e Proteção do Ambiente Aquático do Rio Grande do Sul (GEEPAA-RS)

Alexandre Garcia

Federal University of Rio Grande

João Vieira

Federal University of Rio Grande

The present note records for the first time the gobiid fish Ctenogobius stigmaticus (Poey, 1860) at Patos Lagoonstuary, state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. The known distribution of this species is therefore extended 600 kmsouthwards.

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Abstract:Ctenogobius stigmaticus

      

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







 burnsmdm@hotmail.com



Ctenogobius stigmaticus





        

 et al.       

     



Bathygobius soporator  Ctenogobius

smaragdus  C. shufeldti 

 , Gobionellus oceanicus  

 Gobiosoma parri    et al. 



 Ctenogobius stigmaticus





          

        

     

        

       

     





       



  et al.



Bathygobius soporatorCtenogbius smaragdus

C. stigmaticus

         

et al.



  



C. stigmaticus      

   



         

        

      

  



  

        



e.g.   

   C. stigmaticus    



 



  

       

Figure 1.



Ctenogobius stigmaticus

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         

   

      



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Composition, abundance and biomass of a fish assemblage in a southern Brazilian coastal stream during polyhaline/euhaline condition

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The coastal streams of southernmost Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul state, are marked by a period of regular marine intrusion resultant from intense oceanic winds. In the present study we aimed to investigate the species composition, abundance and relative biomass of the ichthyofauna in the lower stretch of a coastal stream during summer, a period of regular marine intrusion. Estreito is a coastal hydrological complex composed by lakes, swamps and a perennial stream, located at the central-south portion of the coastal plain of Rio Grande do Sul state. During the summer of 2018, the ichthyofauna of lower Estreito stream was sampled by beach hauls applied in 17 random points distributed in a stretch of ca. 2km. Measurements at the sampled stretch revealed salinities between 19.3 to 31.3 ppt, characterizing the studied system as polyhaline/euhaline during summer. The sample of 4,533 specimens revealed the occurrence of 20 species, being the great majority marine-dwelling. The most abundant species were the anablepid Jenynsia lineata (70.3%), the cichlid Geophagus brasiliensis (19.3%) and the the mugilid Mugil curema (7.5%). The highest relative biomass was recorded for J. lineata, followed by M. curema and G. brasiliensis. The dominance of marine-dwelling species in the assemblage composition and the high abundance of limnic-estuarine J. lineata corroborate previous studies conducted in other washouts of Rio Grande do Sul.

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Systematic Review of Fish Ecology and Anthropogenic Impacts in South American Estuaries: Setting Priorities for Ecosystem Conservation

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Research on estuarine ecology in South America (SA) increased quali-quantitatively since the early 1980 in search of consistent recommendations for estuarine conservation. The most important ecological theory achieved is that the seasonal fluctuation of the salinity gradient creates an ecocline influenced by gradual changes between river-dominated to marine-like waters. Estuarine fish fauna adapts to these changeable abiotic characteristics, including the spatial, and seasonal bioavailability of dissolved oxygen and numerous pollutants. However, studies on the influence of the estuarine ecocline are still missing for key estuarine systems. This study provides an overview of fish ecology and anthropogenic impacts within estuarine systems of SA and discusses priorities for environmental conservation. Research on fish reached important conclusions regarding essential habitats and fish interaction with other biological and abiotic compartments over spatio-temporal settings, including conditions of severe anthropogenic impacts. These impacts are related to unplanned urban settlements, industrial estates, ports, damming of major rivers, dredging activities, and deforestation for extensive farming. Changes in estuarine morphology alter natural flows and lead to habitat losses, disrupting the ecocline and impairing fishes from moving among formerly connected habitats, especially earlier ontogenetic phases. In addition, industrial, urban, and farming activities often result in high loads of metals and persistent organic pollutants, organic enrichment and oxygen depletion. Moreover, plastic debris, a ubiquitous contaminant with sources on every human activity, including fishing, when fragmented into microplastics, become preferably concentrated in semi-enclosed environments, as estuaries. Metals, POPs and microplastics are actually asserted to be persistent. When in high concentrations, they become bioavailable to the estuarine trophic web through bioaccumulation, being biomagnified or biotransfered toward higher trophic level organisms, such as top predator fishes. Therefore, research on environmental quality and fish ecology must be based on robust sampling designs along the whole ecocline using long-term approaches. In addition, basic sanitation, co-management, an improved Barletta and Lima Ecology and Conservation of South American Estuaries licensing system and scientifically-based risk assessments/monitoring for all sorts of enterprise are also urgent. These conservation priorities need to be in place before human-driven changes surpass the ecosystem's capacity to produce resources and maintain services.

FIRST RECORDS OF DORMITATOR MACULATUS (ELEOTRIDAE) AND CTENOGOBIUS SHUFELDTI (GOBIIDAE) IN URUGUAY (ACTINOPTERYGII: GOBIIFORMES)

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Based on National Ichthyological Collections revision, the first record of the eleotrid Dormitator maculatus and the gobiid Ctenogobius shufeldti in Uruguay are presented, being the southernmost locality for the first species.

Chromosomal and morphological divergences in Atlantic populations of the frillfin goby Bathygobius soporator (Gobiidae, Perciformes)

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Oct 2012
J EXP MAR BIOL ECOL

Evidence of population fragmentation and speciation processes has been reported for several species of marine fish, including small cryptobenthics forms of Atlantic. Four populations of the frillfin goby Bathygobius soporator, which cover a wide geographical area of the Atlantic coast in North/Northeast Brazil, were cytogenetically analyzed and their morphological patterns compared. Continental populations of this species (denominated MA, RN, and BA) exhibited divergences in morphological and chromosomal characteristics compatible with interpopulation differentiation. However, specimens from Rocas Atoll (RA) displayed notable divergences in these parameters, corroborating molecular data that suggest they are a different species. Furthermore, the RN population showed intrinsic chromosomal markers, revealing a certain level of population structuring. Chromosomal and morphological patterns found confirm the biodiversity of B. soporator, substantiating an evolutionary scenario of population divergences and adaptation to new habitats.

Livro - Peixes Teleosteos da Costa Norte do Brasil

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Nov 2021

Quando se fala em ictiologia no Brasil, a primeira coisa que nos vem mente a bacia do rio Amazonas que, sem d vida, cont m a ictiofauna mais diversificada do mundo. Essa simples lembran a geralmente leva a maioria dos jovens icti logos brasileiros a estudar peixes de gua doce, enquanto a fauna de peixes marinhos recebe aten o relativamente menor. Isso se reflete claramente na escassez de guias de identifica o e cat logos de peixes marinhos do Brasil. Uma das principais caracter sticas da costa norte do Brasil a descarga de volume elevado de gua doce e sedimentos no ambiente marinho, o que contribui para a forma o da mais extensa rea de manguezais do planeta. Esse fator confere regi o condi es ambientais nicas que influenciam fortemente a sua biodiversidade, tanto nas reas costeiras quanto em zonas mais profundas. Entretanto, apesar da fauna de peixes marinhos da costa norte brasileira possuir imensa import ncia biol gica, at ent o a menos conhecida do pa s, embora tenha significativa import ncia na vida das comunidades costeiras e na economia da regi o. Tal lacuna no conhecimento deve-se, possivelmente, ao fato de haver poucas comunidades desenvolvidas ao longo da costa, enquanto as grandes cidades e, por consequ ncia, as universidades e centros de pesquisa, est o localizados no interior e margem de grandes rios. Por m, a costa norte respons vel pela segunda maior produ o pesqueira marinha do Brasil, o que contrasta com a baixa produ o de conhecimento taxon mico e biol gico dos peixes marinhos que comp em a sua fauna, com pequeno n mero de exemplares depositados em cole es zool gicas brasileiras. Embora a atividade pesqueira concentre-se na explora o de reas costeiras, como na pesca da Pescada Amarela e do Gurijuba, a pesca nos recifes mesof ticos da Amaz nia tamb m importante, como na pesca do Pargo, com impacto direto sobre recursos naturais muito pouco conhecidos. Tanto as esp cies end micas, t picas de zonas estuarinas como a Pescada Negra, quanto as esp cies marinhas, encontradas em recifes profundos ao longo da quebra da plataforma continental, compartilham uma hist ria influenciada por mudan as ambientais ocorridas ao longo dos ltimos 11 milh es de anos que moldaram a bacia do rio Amazonas, com efeitos diretos na fauna marinha com h bitos costeiros ou de formas exclusivamente marinhas, conferindo caracter sticas e padr es de distribui o nicos aos peixes marinhos descritos neste livro. O primeiro e maior desafio para a conserva o ambiental a descri o e a cataloga o dos organismos de uma dada regi o. Produzir listas de esp cies e guias de identifica o um fator important ssimo para o conhecimento e manejo da fauna, e fundamental para que medidas de conserva o possam ser implementadas. Permitem, ainda, que recursos naturais possam ser explorados de forma sustent vel e esp cies invasores possam ser monitoradas. Esse conhecimento b sico tamb m contribui para o estabelecimento de diretrizes e limites da explora o de recursos naturais, como o petr leo. Assim, este livro representa ferramentas necess rias para que pescadores amadores e profissionais, cientistas, conservacionistas e curiosos conhe am a diversidade dos peixes marinhos da costa Norte do Brasil. O livro composto por chaves de identifica es, fichas descritivas e ilustra es de todas as esp cies costeiras com registros confirmados para a regi o. Al m disso, cientificamente correto, muito bem organizado e de f cil utiliza o. Sua consulta vai ser indispens vel e extremamente til para o avan o dos esfor os de conserva o da regi o. Parabenizo a todos os autores pela elabora o deste manual, que vai preencher uma das grandes lacunas do conhecimento da ictiofauna marinha brasileira. Luiz A. Rocha Curador e Follett Chair de Ictiologia, California Academy of Sciences

Shifts in the abundance and distribution of shallow water fish fauna on the southeastern Brazilian coast: a response to climate change

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HYDROBIOLOGIA

The temperature in the South Atlantic underwent an increase from 1948 to 2016, and the Brazilian coast is very likely suffering from climate change. We examined temporal shifts in the abundance of the fish fauna that inhabit shallow waters and aimed to associate these shifts with climate effects. We selected candidate species according to changes in their relative abundance over four decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s) in a transition area between the tropical and subtropical regions in southeastern Brazil. Forty-seven species exhibited changes in abundance during the study period. Several small pelagic/planktophagous clupeoids (Anchoa lyolepis, Anchoa tricolor, Harengula clupeola, and Sardinella brasiliensis) reacted strongly to climate change with rapid population growth, whereas others (Anchoa marinii, Anchoviella brevirostris, Anchoviella lepidentostole, and Lycengraulis grossidens) decreased in relative abundance or disappeared. Some tropical species appear to be moving to this transition zone (e.g., Achirus lineatus, Ctenogobius boleosoma, and Haemulopsis corvinaeformis) because they appeared or increased populations. Conversely, subtropical species (e.g., Genidens barbus, Platanichthys platana, Boridia grossidens, and Trachinotus falcatus) decreased populations or disappeared, probably moving southward to more favorable areas, consistent with warming. This is the first estimation of climate change impacts on the southwestern Atlantic nearshore fishes and contributes as support for management policies.

Shifts in Abundance and Distribution of the Sandy Beach Fish Fauna Along the Brazilian Coast: A Response to Climate Change

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Aug 2014

The Brazil coast suffers influence of the tropical Brazil Current that moves southward between latitudes 20-30oS and is very likely to be suffering climate change. We examined temporal and distributional shifts in the fish fauna and tried to associate to climate and non-climate effects. Primary historical and updated information mixed with synthesis from the available literature, from the ‘eighties’ to the ‘present’ were examined. We selected candidate species to indicate climate changes, according to their relative abundance and range of distribution. Seventy species exhibited changes in abundance over the studied period and some of them expanded distributional ranges thought to be climate related. These are distributed across the following categories: species previously unlisted in SE Brazil (9), with abundance increases (16), disappeared from the records in SE Brazil (9), with abundance decreases in all regions (32), and with southward range expansion (15). Of the 15 fishes exhibiting indications of poleward movement, most are from tropical areas, with range of distribution limited to SE coast of Brazil but that were recorded in higher latitudes. Many tropical species have colonized the subtropical and warm temperate South American regions or substantially expanded their ranges, consistent with warming observed in the local marine environment.

Brazilian environmental legislation as tool to conserve marine ornamental fish

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Nov 2013
MAR POLICY

Legislation is considered an effective means to regulate the fishing and trade of marine ornamental fish (MOF), which is an industry with a wide range of environmental and social impacts worldwide. This study analyses Brazilian MOF legislation as a tool for conservation. Brazil's legal framework includes participation in international agreements, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), as well as administrative measures that regulate the capture of certain species in Brazil. However, compared with the laws that pertain to terrestrial fauna, Brazil's MOF legislation remains limited and possibly lacks the necessary technical and scientific foundation. There is a trend to prohibit the capture of organisms according to the criterion of “rarity”. The legislation also includes the use of “positive lists”, which identify which species may be caught and establish maximum individual capture and trade quotas. Nevertheless, the criteria used to determine the quotas are not established a priori and apparently defined without scientific rigour. In this context, it is impossible to affirm that Brazilian MOF legislation fulfils its function as an instrument for the conservation of MOF stocks.

Pisces, Perciformes, Gobiidae, Evorthodus lyricus (Girard, 1858): New record from Patos-Mirim Lagoon System, state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil

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Jan 2010

The present note records for the first time the tropical gobiid fish Evorthodus lyricus (Girard, 1858) from Patos-Mirim Lagoon System, state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. Considering the known distribution of the species,and unpublished data obtained from fish collections, the present record widens the distribution of E. lyricus in 300 kmsouthwards, and is the first occurrence of the species for freshwater conditions in southern Brazil.

Manual de peixes marinhos do sudeste do Brasil. VI

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Jan 2000

The "Manual de Peixes Marinhos do Sudeste do Brasil" includes all the species that occur in the area, with a brief description, geographical distribution and illustration of each one and references to the other species along the Brazilian Coast. It is based on the examination of all the specimens in the fish collection of the Museu de Zoologia da USP, and elsewhere.

Climate induced increases in species richness of marine fishes

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Mar 2008

Abstract Climate change has been predicted to lead to changes in local and regional species richness through species extinctions and latitudinal ranges shifts. Here, we show that species richness of fish in the North Sea, a group of ecological and socio-economical importance, has increased over a 22-year period and that this rise is related to higher water temperatures. Over eight times more fish species displayed increased distribution ranges in the North Sea (mainly small-sized species of southerly origin) compared with those whose range decreased (primarily large and northerly species). This increase in species richness can be explained from the fact that fish species richness in general decreases with latitude. This observation confirms that the interaction between large-scale biogeographical patterns and climate change may lead to increasing species richness at temperate latitudes.

Catálogo das Espécies de Peixes Marinhos do Brasil

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Fish faunal composition in warm-temperate and tropical estuaries of western Atlantic

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Jan 1994

Relacao Preliminar dos Peixes Estuarinos e Marinhos da Lagoa dos Patose Regiao Costeira Adjacente, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

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Jan 1982

LUCENA, Carlos Alberto Santos de ; LUCENA, Z. M. S. . Catálogo dos Peixes Marinhos do Museu de Ciências da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Teleostomi (Final). Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRS, n.25, p. 1-80, 1982.

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Jan 1982

Zilda Margarete Lucena

Spreading of alien (non-indigenous) fish species Neogobius melanostomus in the Gulf of Gdańsk (South Baltic)

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Mar 2005

The round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) was first noticed in the Gulf of Gdansk in 1990. This Ponto-Caspian fish was most likely introduced to the Baltic environment from ships ballast water. During the first years of invasion, slow population growth was observed in the initially colonized regions. From 1994, round goby gradually spread in all shallow water zones of the Gulf of Gdansk. The area occupied by the population and the number of fish grew rapidly. By the end of the nineties, round goby became a dominant fish in shallow waters of the western part of the Gulf of Gdansk, where the fish used all solid substrates on the bottom, including concrete piers, big stones or even dumped waste for spawning and refuge. The presence of round goby in the Vistula Lagoon and shallow waters near Rugia (Western Baltic) was noticed for the first time in 1999. The present state, size and condition of the round goby population in the Gulf of Gdansk led us to predict a continual spread of this species into new regions of the Baltic. In addition, the population of round goby is so large that the species has started playing a part in commercial fishing in the Gulf of Gdansk.

Composição específica e abundância de peixes de zonas rasas dos cinco estuários do rio Grande do Sul

Jan 2001
109-121

L A Ramos
J P Vieira

Ramos, L.A. and J.P. Vieira. 2001. Composição específica e abundância de peixes de zonas rasas dos cinco estuários do rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Boletim do Instituto de Pesca 27(1): 109-121.

Os ecossistemas Costeiro e Marinho do Extremo Sul do Brasil

Jan 1998
60-68

C Sinque
J H Muelbert

Sinque, C. and J.H. Muelbert.1998. Ictioplancton; p. 60-68. In Seeliger, U., C. Odebrecht and J.P. Castello. (ed.). Os ecossistemas Costeiro e Marinho do Extremo Sul do Brasil. Rio Grande: Ecoscientia.

Pisces, Perciformes, Gobiidae, Ctenogobius stigmaticus (Poey, 1860): New species record at Patos Lagoon estuary, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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