Open AccessPRIMER REGISTRO DEL TAMBORIL NARIGÓN (SPHOEROIDES LOBATUS: TETRAODONTIDAE) EN ISLA MALPELO, PACÍFICO COLOMBIANO
Author(s) -
Stephanía Rojas-Vélez,
José Tavera
Publication year - 2017
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.2017.46.1.723
Subject(s) - genus , geography , tropical eastern pacific , zoology , pacific ocean , fishery , biology , oceanography , geology
Among the eight species of the genus Sphoeroides (family Tetraodontidae) that inhabit the Tropical Eastern Pacific only Sphoeroides lobatus has been reported in more than onegroup of oceanic islands: Galápagos, Revillagigedo and Isla del Coco. This work presents the first documented record of the longnose puffer (S. lobatus) at Malpelo Island, Colombian Pacific.