Open AccessFIRST COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN RECORD OF CHILOMYCTERUS RETICULATUS (LINNAEUS) (PISCES:TETRAODONTIFORMES: DIODONTIDAE)
Author(s) -
Javier A. Ortiz- Medina,
Arturo Acero,
Jorge Viaña,
Luis Manjarrés
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
boletin de investigaciones marinas y costeras/boletín de investigaciones marinas y costeras
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2590-4671
pISSN - 0122-9761
DOI - 10.25268/bimc.invemar.2001.30.0.307
Subject(s) - biology , peninsula , caribbean region , zoology , fishery , geography , ecology , latin americans , political science , law
The spotted burrfish, Chilomycterus reticulatus, is reported by the first time from the Colombian Caribbean based on two specimens collected off the Guajira Peninsula. This species, considered circuntropical by many authors, is poorly recorded from the Caribbean.