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MARINE AND BRACKISH WATER FISHES OF SOUTHERN PALM BEACH AND NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTIES, FLORIDA

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Date Issued:
1974
Summary:
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.
Title: MARINE AND BRACKISH WATER FISHES OF SOUTHERN PALM BEACH AND NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTIES, FLORIDA.
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Name(s): Herrema, David J.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1974
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 268 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: 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.
Identifier: 13624 (digitool), FADT13624 (IID), fau:10464 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.
Subject(s): Marine fishes--Florida--Palm Beach County
Marine fishes--Florida--Broward County
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