Torres-Hernández E, Palacios-Morales G, Romero-Gallardo S, Salazar-Araujo P, García-Meraz A, Madrigal-Guridi X, Del Moral-Flores LF, Domínguez-Domínguez O. Annotated checklist of the coastal ichthyofauna from Michoacán State, Mexico.
Zookeys 2016:99-126. [PMID:
27551224 PMCID:
PMC4978013 DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.606.9004]
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Abstract
This study is the first to complete an intensive and comprehensive list of the ichthyofauna of nearly all ecosystems of the Michoacán coast, Mexico. The resulting systematic checklist, supplemented with information from the literature and scientific collections, comprises 440 species belonging to two classes, 31 orders, 104 families, and 264 genera. The families with the highest number of species were Sciaenidae (30 spp.), Carangidae (26), Haemulidae (24), Serranidae (21), Paralichthyidae, and Gobiidae (13). Of the total species list, 134 represent first records for the Michoacán State, and one is a first record for Mexico. The results expand the number of known fish species of the Michoacán coast by almost one third and will help to develop conservation and management plans for this coastal zone.
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