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First record of the tripletail or blackfish (Lobotes surinamensis) from an oceanic island in the South Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2009

Ivan Sazima ,
Alice Grossman ,
Alfredo Carvalho-Filho  and
Cristina Sazima
Ivan Sazima*
Affiliation:
Museu de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil (retired and associated as voluntary researcher)
Alice Grossman
Affiliation:
Projeto Tamar/ICMBio, Alameda Boldró s/no, 53990-000 Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil
Alfredo Carvalho-Filho
Affiliation:
Fish Bizz Ltda. Rua Moncorvo Filho 51, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Cristina Sazima
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: I. Sazima, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The tripletail or blackfish (Lobotes surinamensis, Lobotidae) is recorded for the first time from an oceanic island in the South Atlantic, based on two individuals sighted and photographed near a buoy at Fernando de Noronha Island, off north-eastern Brazil.

Keywords

Lobotidaegeographical distributionoceanic recordnorth-eastern Brazil
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e97
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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