Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1974

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Five hundred eighty-three (583) species of fishes in 115 families are recorded for this Atlantic coastal locality in southeastern Florida. Two hundred six (206) of these are considered primary reef species. Habitat preferences, depth distributions, and qualitative categories of abundance are included. One new species, Apogon leptocaulus Gilbert, and two new continental records, Acanthemblemaria chaplini Bohlke and Lipogramma trilineata Randall, were collected during this study. L. trilineata is the first confirmed record of the family Grammidae in the continental United States. Micrognathus ensenadae (Silvester) is also added to the fish fauna of the United States. An additional 198 species and 11 families are recorded as neighboring to the study area. Zoogeographic comparisons are discussed. Tropical reef fishes maintain permanent populations at least as far north as Palm Beach, Florida. Five hundred references pertaining to Caribbean and south Florida fishes are cited.

Extent

268 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.

Identifier

FADT13624

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