Peixes recifais da costa da Paraíba, Brasil

Rocha, Luiz A.; Rosa, Ierecê L.; Rosa, Ricardo S.

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751998000200017

Resumo

The coral reef is an ecossystem which evokes great interest, for its beaury, species diversity and fisheries potential. The coast of Paraíba State, northeast Brazil, possesses several natural reefs and shipwrecks which are inhabited by a rich fish fauna. In order to survey the reef fish fauna of Paraíba State, a total of 118 dives, utilizing SCUBA diving techniques, were carriedoutin 27samplingpoints (depths: 0,5-66m), from February/1995 to May/1996. Specimens were collected whenever underwater identification was precluded. A total of 157 known species belonging to 59 families were found. Four unidentified species, one dasyatid, one haemulid, one scarid, and one labrid were recorded. Haemulidae was the most representative family in number of individuais, whereas Carangidae was the most speciose family. This paper is part of a broader study of the northeast Brazilian reef fishes.

Brazil; Paraíba; reef fishes

Peixes recifais da costa da Paraíba, Brasil

Reef fishes from Paraíba, Brazil

Luiz A. Rocha; Ierecê L. Rosa; Ricardo S. Rosa

Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba. 58059-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil

ABSTRACT

The coral reef is an ecossystem which evokes great interest, for its beaury, species diversity and fisheries potential. The coast of Paraíba State, northeast Brazil, possesses several natural reefs and shipwrecks which are inhabited by a rich fish fauna. In order to survey the reef fish fauna of Paraíba State, a total of 118 dives, utilizing SCUBA diving techniques, were carriedoutin 27samplingpoints (depths: 0,5-66m), from February/1995 to May/1996. Specimens were collected whenever underwater identification was precluded. A total of 157 known species belonging to 59 families were found. Four unidentified species, one dasyatid, one haemulid, one scarid, and one labrid were recorded. Haemulidae was the most representative family in number of individuais, whereas Carangidae was the most speciose family. This paper is part of a broader study of the northeast Brazilian reef fishes.

Key words: Brazil, Paraíba, reef fishes

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Recebido em 18.IV.1997; aceito em 25.VI.1998.

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[2] Böhlke, J.E. & C.C.G. Chaplin. 1993. Fishes of the Bahamas and Adjacent Tropical Waters. Austin, University of Texas Press, 2^nd ed., 771p.

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[7] Ferreira, B.P.; M. Maida & A.E.T. Souza. 1995. Levantamento inicial das comunidades de peixes recifais da região de Tamandaré - PE. Bol. Tecn. Cient. CEPENE 3 (1):211-230.

[8] Humann, P. 1995. Reef Fish Identification - Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. Jacksonville, New World Publications, 2^nd ed., 396p.

[9] Kempf, M. 1970. Notes on the benthic bionomy of the N-NE Brazilian shelf. Mar. Biol. 5:213-224.

[10] Koike, J. & D.S. Guedes. 1981. Peixes dos arrecifes de Pernambuco e Estados vizinhos. Anais do III Encontro de Zoologia do Nordeste, Recife: 35-82.

[11] Leão, Z.M.A.N. 1986. Guia para Identificação dos Corais do Brasil. Salvador, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Programa de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Geofísica, 57p.

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[19] ______. 1968. Caribbean Reef Fishes. Hong Kong, T.F.H. Publications, 318p.

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[21] Rosa, R.S. & R.L. Moura. 1997. Visual assessment of reef fish community strueture in the Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve, off Northeastern Brazil. Proc. 8^th Int. Coral Reef Sym. 1:983-986.

[22] Rosa, R.S.; I.L. Rosa & L.A. Rocha. 1997. Diversidade da ictiofauna de poças de maré da praia do Cabo Branco, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil. Revta bras. Zool. 14 (1):201-212.

[23] Roux, C. 1973. Téléostéens du Plateau Continental Brésilien, Compagne de la Calypso au large des cotes Atlantiques de L'Amérique du Sud (1961-1962). Premiere partie, 189p.

[24] Sale, P.F. 1991. The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. San Diego, Academic Press, 754p.

[25] Sale, P.F.; G.E. Forrester & P.S. Levin. 1994. Reef Fish Management. National Geographic Research & Exploration 10 (2):224-235.

[26] Starks, E.C. 1913. The fishes of the Stanford expedition to Brazil. Leland Stanford Univ. Publ., Univ. Ser.:1-77.

[27] Wells, S. & N. Hanna. 1992. The Greenpeace book of Coral Reefs. London, Blandford, 160p.

[28] White, A.T.; L.Z. Hale; Y. Renard & L. Cortesi. 1994. Collaborative and Community-Based Management of Coral Reefs. West Hartford, Kumarian Press, 130p.