Checklist of Pacific marine fishes of Colombia

Jose J. Tavera Vargas1, Andrea Polanco2, Beatriz S Beltrán León3, Luis Alonso Zapata Padilla4, Fernando Zapata3, Henry D. Agudelo Zamora5, Arturo Acero Pizarro6, Jose Julián Tavera Vargas3, Henry D. Agudelo Zamora7, Arturo Acero Pizarro7, Beatriz S. Beltrán-León8, Luis A. Zapata9, Fernando Zapata1, Lauren Raz10, Henry D. Agudelo Zamora10, Arturo Acero Pizarro11, Leonardo Buitrago12, Mariangeles Arce13

1 Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia; 2 Instituto de Microbiología, ETH Zúrich, , Switzerland; 3 Universidad del Valle, , Colombia; 4 WWF, Cali, Colombia; 5 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia; 6 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santa Marta, Colombia; 7 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, , Colombia; 8 Universdida del Valle, , Colombia; 9 WWF, , Colombia; 10 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C, Colombia; 11 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santa Marta, Colombia; 12 GBIF, ; 13 The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, , United States

Corresponding author(s): Jose J. Tavera Vargas (jose.tavera@correounivalle.edu.co)Andrea Polanco (andrea.polanco@gmail.com)Beatriz S Beltrán León (bbeltranleon@yahoo.com)Luis Alonso Zapata PadillaFernando Zapata (fernando.zapata@correounivalle.edu.co)Henry D. Agudelo ZamoraArturo Acero Pizarro (aacerop@unal.edu.co), Jose Julián Tavera Vargas, Andrea Polanco, Henry D. Agudelo Zamora, Arturo Acero Pizarro

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Resource Citation

Tavera Vargas J J, Polanco A, Beltrán León B S, Zapata Padilla L A, Zapata F, Agudelo Zamora H D, Acero Pizarro A (2023). Checklist of Pacific marine fishes of Colombia. Version 1.1. Test Organization #1. Checklist dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=marine_fishes_pacific_co&v=1.1

Abstract

The present list of marine fishes in the Colombian Pacific aims to provide information about the registered fish species in the portion of the Pacific Ocean that belongs to Colombia, based on the review of scientific collections (Universidad del Valle, (CIR-UV), INVEMAR (INV PEC), Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona (PE and MMG) and Instituto de Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional (ICN-MHN) for larvae) and validated regional documents. The 852 species listed belong to 62 orders, 162 families and 475 genera. From these, 79 species are found only in their larval stage, 35 species are cited for the first time in the Pacific of Colombia and 14 species are endemic to the area. 

Keywords: Checklist, Taxonomicauthority

Project details

Project title: Checklist of Pacific marine fishes of Colombia
Personnel: Jose Julián Tavera Vargas, Andrea Polanco, Beatriz Beltran, Luis Zapata, Fernando Zapata, Henry D. Agudelo Zamora, Arturo Acero Pizarro
Funding: Proyecto COLCIENCIAS (MINCIENCIAS) 857 CI 71265, Universidad del Valle, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, INVEMAR, WWF, & GBIF BID-CA2020-030-USE
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The marine territory of the Colombian Pacific covers an area of 35,994,855 km2, which represents 16.4% of the national territory and 36.5% of the country's maritime area. The coast of the Colombian Pacific displays a diverse topography resulting from geological activity caused by the collision of the Nazca and South American tectonic plates (Suárez-Rodríguez 2007, Correa and Morton 2022). Heading north, rocky cliffs, bays, and inlets are characteristics, while the southern region features expansive floodplains, including extensive mangrove areas, estuaries, and coastal islets. Additionally, the Colombian marine territory in the Pacific comprises the coastal island of Gorgona and the oceanic island of Malpelo.
Design description: The list presented here, rather than an addition to existing taxonomic records, aims to purge the records of all those species that have uncertain taxonomic identification or are not supported by verified specimens or publications with repositories deposited in national reference collections. We anticipate the numbers may be low and very conservative, in the hope of contributing to the consolidation of a reliable taxonomic list to which more species can be added in the future.

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=marine_fishes_pacific_co

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: This depurated list includes three classes, of which 49 orders, 134 families, 434 genera and 780 species correspond to bony fishes; 12 orders, 27 families, 40 genera and 71 species to cartilaginous fishes, plus 1 order, 1 family, 1 genus and 1 species of myxinids. Of the 852 species, 35 (in 19 families) are new records for our country, 14 species are Colombian endemics and 79 records are found only as larvae. Additionally there are 33 species not included in our main list that are reported north and south of our borders, but lack confirmed records within Colombian waters.
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Acanthuridae, Achiridae, Albulidae, Alopiidae, Ammodytidae, Antennariidae, Apogonidae, Argentinidae, Ariidae, Atherinopsidae, Aulopidae, Aulostomidae, Balistidae, Bathylagidae, Batrachoididae, Belonidae, Blenniidae, Bothidae, Bramidae, Bregmacerotidae, Bythitidae, Callionymidae, Carangidae, Carapidae, Carcharhinidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Centropomidae, Chaenopsidae, Chaetodontidae, Chanidae, Chiasmodontidae, Chlopsidae, Chlorophthalmidae, Cirrhitidae, Clupeidae, Congridae, Coryphaenidae, Cynoglossidae, Dactyloscopidae, Dasyatidae, Derichthyidae, Diodontidae, Echeneidae, Eleotridae, Elopidae, Engraulidae, Ephippidae, Etmopteridae, Exocoetidae, Fistulariidae, Gempylidae, Gerreidae, Gigantactinidae, Ginglymostomatidae, Gobiesocidae, Gobiidae, Gonostomatidae, Gymnuridae, Haemulidae, Halosauridae, Hemiramphidae, Heterenchelyidae, Heterodontidae, Hexanchidae, Holocentridae, Ipnopidae, Istiophoridae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Labridae, Labrisomidae, Lamnidae, Linophrynidae, Liparidae, Lobotidae, Lophiidae, Lutjanidae, Luvaridae, Macrouridae, Malacanthidae, Megalopidae, Melamphaidae, Merlucciidae, Microdesmidae, Molidae, Monacanthidae, Moridae, Moringuidae, Mugilidae, Mullidae, Muraenesocidae, Muraenidae, Myliobatidae, Myxinidae, Narcinidae, Nematistiidae, Nemichthyidae, Neoscopelidae, Nettastomatidae, Nomeidae, Notosudidae, Odontaspididae, Ogcocephalidae, Oneirodidae, Ophichthidae, Ophidiidae, Opistognathidae, Ostraciidae, Paralepididae, Paralichthyidae, Pentanchidae, Peristediidae, Phosichthyidae, Poeciliidae, Polynemidae, Pomacanthidae, Pomacentridae, Potamotrygonidae, Priacanthidae, Pristidae, Pristigasteridae, Rajidae, Rhincodontidae, Rhinobatidae, Scaridae, Sciaenidae, Scomberesocidae, Scombridae, Scopelarchidae, Scorpaenidae, Serranidae, Sparidae, Sphyraenidae, Sphyrnidae, Squatinidae, Sternoptychidae, Stomiidae, Stromateidae, Stylephoridae, Syngnathidae, Synodontidae, Tetraodontidae, Torpedinidae, Trachichthyidae, Trachipteridae, Triakidae, Trichiuridae, Triglidae, Tripterygiidae, Uranoscopidae, Urotrygonidae, Xiphiidae, Zanclidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The marine spaces of Colombia in the Pacific Ocean cover approximately 359948 km². Its coastline covers jurisdictions of the departments of Chocó, Valle, del Cauca, Cauca, and Nariño, and has a length of 1,300 km from the border with Panama (Punta Ardita) to the mouth of the Mataje River on the border with Ecuador (CCO, 2016) and the oceanic waters whitin the EEZ of Colombia.
Coordinates: 0°42'10.8''N and 8°55'40.8''N Latitude; 92°38'13.2''W and 77°25'55.2''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1975 - June 30, 2023

Natural collections description

Collection name: Colección de Ictiología - Biología Marina
Collection identifier: CIR-UV
Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: MHNMC-P
Collection name: Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia
Collection identifier: MHNMC
Natural collections description

Collection name: Colección Biológica Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona
Collection identifier: PNNG
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol
Curatorial unit: 1000 with an uncertainty of 100 (lotes)

Methods

Method step description: A data matrix was created using curatorial information available from specimens in all of the previously indicated biological collections.

Study extent description: The Colombian Pacific Ocean covers 359,948 km2 encompassing the western coast of northern South America from 7.2°N, on the Colombia – Panama border, to 1.4°N at the border with Ecuador, in addition to Gorgona and Malpelo Islands and a large span of open ocean. The Colombian marine territory in the Pacific corresponds to 16.4% of the total national territory and 36.5 % of the country's maritime total.
Sampling description: We based our list on confirmed records available from four main recognized Colombian ichthyological collections as follows: Universidad del Valle, (CIR-UV), INVEMAR (INV PEC), Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona (PE and MMG) and Instituto de Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional (ICN-MHN) for larvae. Pictures of confirmed records were included, mainly for big mobile or rare species, only if the original source was available with georeferenced data.
Quality control description:  Each record was reviewed with the vouchered specimen in the respective collection.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Checklist of Pacific marine fishes of Colombia
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.org/archive.do?r=marine_fishes_pacific_co
Publication date of data: 2023-06-27
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2023-03-31
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
[CCO] Comisión Colombiana del Océano. 2016. El océano en las Ciencias Naturales y Sociales. Tercera edición. Editorial Entrelibros e-book solutions. Bogotá. 326 Pp.
Correa, I., Morton, R. (2010). Pacific Coast of Colombia. In: Bird, E.C.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8639-7_29
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Suárez Rodríguez, M. A. (2007). Geological Framework of The Pacific Coast Sedimentary Basins, Western Colombia. Geología Colombiana, 32, 47–62. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/geocol/article/view/32023
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