Range extensions of the whitespotted boxfish, Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796, in the east and west coasts of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico
Reyes-Bonilla, H.; Amador-Díaz González, D.M.; Ayala-Bocos, A.; Olán-González, M.; Hernández-Velasco, A.; Sánchez-Alcántara, I.; Trujillo-Millán, O. (2019). Range extensions of the whitespotted boxfish, Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796, in the east and west coasts of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Thalassas 35(1): 247-252. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41208-018-0116-8
In: Thalassas. Universidad de Vigo: Vigo. ISSN 0212-5919; e-ISSN 2366-1674, more
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| Keywords |
Distribution
Geography > Biogeography
Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 [WoRMS]; Pisces [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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Sea of Cortes; Temperature change; Reef fish |
| Authors | | Top |
- Reyes-Bonilla, H.
- Amador-Díaz González, D.M.
- Ayala-Bocos, A.
- Olán-González, M.
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- Hernández-Velasco, A.
- Sánchez-Alcántara, I.
- Trujillo-Millán, O.
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| Abstract |
The Whitespotted boxfish Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 is a reef resident distributed along the Indo Pacific, but at the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, this fish has been reported only in the southern region, with a northern limit at 24.2°N inside the Gulf of California. Here we document the presence of O. meleagris in 17 sites along the central gulf, with an extreme record at Tortuga Island (27.445°N, almost 400 km north of its accepted range), and also in two locations of the western Baja California Peninsula (Alijos Rocks and Puerto San Carlos, at 24°N). These findings represent more examples of a recently observed trend in which several species of tropical fish have expanded their distribution range towards the inner Gulf of California and in the Pacific side of the peninsula, as a possible response to the reported warming that occurs in the region. |
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