Fishes as living tracers of connectivity in the tropical western North Atlantic: I. Distribution of the neon gobies, genus Elacatinus (Pisces: Gobiidae)

In the tropical western North Atlantic the goby genus Elacatinus has at least 25 species which can be separated into five eco-morphological suites. Within a suite, geographic distributions of species are usually mutually exclusive. Last reviewed in 1975 numerous published misidentifications have con...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: COLIN, PATRICK L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2010
Subjects:
Fish
marine zoogeography
speciation
endemism
coral reef fishes
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2370.1.2
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Summary:In the tropical western North Atlantic the goby genus Elacatinus has at least 25 species which can be separated into five eco-morphological suites. Within a suite, geographic distributions of species are usually mutually exclusive. Last reviewed in 1975 numerous published misidentifications have confused the zoogeography in addition to new taxa having been added. The species and their distributions are reviewed, corrected and updated to prepare for an analysis of their zoogeography relative to mechanisms of connectivity through ocean currents.

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