Inventory of Chondrichthyes and Actinopterygii species collected in the central coast of Sao Paulo State, Brazil

Autor(es)

Flaquer da Rocha, Maria Luiza ^[1] ; Dias, June Ferraz ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Oceanog, Dept Oceanog Biol, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Biota Neotropica; v. 15, n. 2 APR-JUN 2015.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

This biodiversity inventory of the central coast of Sao Paulo State presents species of demersal and pelagic fishes of Santos Bay, Bertioga Channel, and adjacent continental shelf, between Sao Sebastiao and Peruibe, from the coast till a depth of 100 m. Samples were taken during oceanographic campaigns using otter trawls, between November 2004 and February 2006. A total of 56,095 individuals were collected, belonging to the classes Chondrichthyes (three orders and fourteen species) and Actinopterygii (fifteen orders and 141 species). This list adds 27 species to those explicitly cited for the coast of Sao Paulo state, contributing to the knowledge of this group. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 03/09932-1 - A influência do complexo estuarino da Baixada Santista sobre o ecossistema da plataforma adjacente (ECOSAN)
• Beneficiário: Ana Maria Setubal Pires-Vanin
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa PRONEX - Temático