First record of Pomadasys ramosus Poey, 1860 (Perciformes: Haemulidae) for Ceará State, Brazil

Authors

  • Frederico Moreira Osório Biólogo e Pesquisador do Grupo de Ictiologia Marinha Tropical (IMAT), Universidade Federal do Ceará.
  • Reynaldo Amorim Marinho Pesquisador do Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR) da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC).
  • Tito Monteiro da Cruz Lotufo Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca e Pesquisador do Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR/UFC).
  • Manuel Antonio de Andrade Furtado Neto Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca e Pesquisador do Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR/UFC).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v38i1-2.6405

Keywords:

Pomadasys ramosus, Haemulidae, first record, Ceará, Brazil.

Abstract

This paper is the first record of Pomadasys ramosus in Ceará State coast, Brazil. Fish of this species present pisciforme shape, prolongated, and compressed laterally body, such as all species of the Haemulidae family. The P. ramosus especimen described in this paper was collected in the Acaraú River estuary (02º52’15.8"S - 40º07’47.2"W). The individual was captured at 7,5 m depth inside the estuary. A monofilament polyamid gillnet with 8 cm between meshes was used for the catch. Previous to this work, only five records for such species were available in Brazilian states: two in Alagoas, two in São Paulo and one in Rio de Janeiro. The present work supports the idea that P. ramosus is distributed from the Antillean Islands to Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, and fills a gap its occurrence area

Published

2017-02-09

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Notas Científicas