Invasion of the Indo-Pacific blenny Omobranchus punctatus (Perciformes: Blenniidae) on the Atlantic Coast of Central and South America

Invasion of the Indo-Pacific blenny Omobranchus punctatus (Perciformes: Blenniidae) on the Atlantic Coast of Central and South America

We examined 308 specimens of the Indo-Pacific blenniid Omobranchus punctatus deposited in four museum collections, and analyzed data on their collection locations to assess its invasion on the Atlantic coast of Central and South America. This species occurs in shoreline estuarine and marine habitats...

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Main Authors: Oscar Lasso-Alcalá, Jorge L. S. Nunes, Carlos Lasso, Juan Posada, Ross Robertson, Nivaldo M. Piorski, James Van Tassell, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Guilherme Gondolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
Subjects:
Bio-invasions
Distributional data
Exotic marine fishes
New records
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252011000300010&lng=en&tlng=en

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