Fishes from the Puerto Rico Plateau
Fishes from the Puerto Rico Plateau
Fishes from the Puerto Rico Plateau
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14 Dennis Marine <strong>Fishes</strong> of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong> <strong>Plateau</strong> December 2000<br />
Kimmel (1985a), obs., shelf-edge reef, La Parguera.<br />
Kimmel (1985b), obs., La Parguera.<br />
Abrams & Schein (1986), obs., Coki reef, St. Thomas.<br />
Böhlke et al. (1989), (1: 505 mm TL), San Juan [USNM 274341]; (1: 177 mm TL), shore reef, Balneario Aeropuerto,<br />
Guánica [FMNH 90715]; (19: 142-653 mm TL), La Parguera [ANSP 122056]; (1: 177 mm TL), grass reef,<br />
Maunabo, [USNM 147642]; (1: 50 mm TL), type of L. albimentis, Culebritos lighthouse, Culebra, FISH<br />
HAWK [USNM 49527]; (1: 190 mm TL), Culebra, FISH HAWK [SU 8277]; (1: 590 mm TL), St. Thomas [ANSP<br />
23357]; (1: 156 mm TL), St. Thomas [USNM 131970]; (1: 614 mm TL), S. of St. John, OREGON 2617 [ANSP<br />
106567]; (4: 119-304 mm TL), SW corner, Scrub Isl. [ANSP 110410]; (1: 108 mm TL), W end of South Beach,<br />
Little Camanoe Isl. [ANSP 110411]; (1: 115 mm TL), beach at Vixen Pt., Virgin Gorda [USNM 170182]; (3: 212-<br />
550 mm TL), reef, Eustatia Isl., Virgin Gorda [USNM 183442]; (1: 275 mm TL), Virgin Gorda [USNM 183541].<br />
Bortone et al. (1989), obs., El Palo reef, La Parguera.<br />
Hixon & Beets (1989), obs., Perseverance Bay, St. Thomas.<br />
Rooker & Dennis (1991), obs., mangroves, La Parguera.<br />
Boulon (1992), collected, trap, mangroves, St. Thomas.<br />
Hixon & Beets (1993), obs., artificial reef, Perseverance Bay, St. Thomas.<br />
spotted moray, chafiro, congres.<br />
Gymnothorax ocellatus Agassiz, 1831<br />
Evermann & Marsh (1899: 352), as Lycodontis jordani, (1: 381 mm TL type), Mayagüez.<br />
Evermann & Marsh (1900), Pl. 2, color plate.<br />
Erdman (1961a), <strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong>.<br />
Böhlke et al. (1989), (1: 428 mm TL), La Parguera [ANSP 134327]; (1: 510 mm TL), Río Cullebrinas mouth, S of<br />
Aguadilla [ANSP 158112]; (1: 400 mm TL), type of L. jordani, Mayagüez, FISH HAWK [USNM 49358].<br />
UPRM collection, occasional, mud, trawl, Bahía Mayagüez.<br />
ocellated moray, chafiro.<br />
Gymnothorax polygonius Poey, 1875 5<br />
Böhlke et al. (1989), (1: 665 mm TL), trawl, 183 m, off Punta Higuero, OREGON 2655 [ANSP 106566]; (1: 692 mm<br />
TL), fish trap, 200 m, west coast, <strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong> [ANSP 136514]; (3: 630-700 mm TL), fish trap, 200 m, west<br />
coast, <strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong> [ANSP 136515].<br />
polygon moray.<br />
Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855)<br />
Erdman (1956: 323), “common over grassy bottom at La Parguera”; as Lycodontis obscuratus, (1), La Parguera.<br />
Randall (1963a), (4: 593-822 mm TL), rotenone, artificial reef, Lesser Lameshur Bay, St. John.<br />
Saunders (1966a), blood parasites, <strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong>.<br />
Saunders (1966b), blood characteristics, <strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong>.<br />
Randall (1967), food habits.<br />
Randall (1968a: 36), Fig. 34, (1: 541 mm TL), St. John.<br />
Dammann (1969), (1), rotenone, Chocolate Bay, St. John.<br />
Eger (1970), (1), fish trap, Bahía Yabucoa.<br />
Martin & Patus (1973), Bahía Jobos; Bahía Guayanilla.<br />
Cooper (1974), (8), rotenone, Thalassia bed, La Parguera.<br />
Martin & Patus (1975), central bay, reef & cays, outfall, Bahía Jobos.<br />
Yoshioka (1975d), (3), rotenone, Punta Manati.<br />
Yoshioka (1975f), (1), rotenone, Punta Verraco.<br />
Martin & Cooper (1981), Thalassia beds, La Parguera.<br />
Ogden & Ebersole (1981), obs., artificial reef, Lesser Lameshur Bay, St. John.<br />
Kimmel (1985b), obs., La Parguera.