First record of forktailed bass Parasphyraenops incisus (Perciformes: Serranidae) in South‐western Atlantic |
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| Authors: | Jos Anchieta C C Nunes Ricardo J Miranda Carlos W Hackradt Fabiana C Flix‐Hackradt Maurício Hostim‐Silva Cludio L S Sampaio |
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| Institution: | José Anchieta C. C. Nunes,Ricardo J. Miranda,Carlos W. Hackradt,Fabiana C. Félix‐Hackradt,Maurício Hostim‐Silva,Cláudio L. S. Sampaio |
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| Abstract: | We reported the genus Parasphyraenops (Perciformes: Serranidae) in the Brazilian Biogeographic Province. Four Parasphyraenops incisus specimens were identified based in body shape and color pattern through underwater remote video records, on shallow coral reefs in the Bahia state, Brazil. In the video frames P. incisus was observed swimming close to the pomacentrid Chromis multilineata at 14 m depth, being this the shallowest record for this species. The present record expands on 6.500 km the southern limit of distribution of P. incisus in the Western Atlantic. |
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| Keywords: | Brazilian biogeographic province sea basses Serranidae shallow reefs |
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