Checklist of Pacific marine fishes of Colombia

Jose J. Tavera Vargas; Andrea Polanco F.; Beatriz S Beltrán León; Luis Alonso Zapata Padilla; Fernando Zapata; Henry D. Agudelo Zamora; Arturo Acero P

doi:10.15472/kmsezq

Checklist of Pacific marine fishes of Colombia

Citation

Tavera Vargas J J, Polanco F. A, Beltrán León B S, Zapata Padilla L A, Zapata F, Agudelo Zamora H D, Acero P A, Tavera Vargas J J (2023). Checklist of Pacific marine fishes of Colombia. Asociación Colombiana de Ictiólogos. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15472/kmsezq accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

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.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

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

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

Each record was reviewed with the vouchered specimen in the respective collection.

Method steps

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

Taxonomic Coverages

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.

Acanthuridae
rank: family
Achiridae
rank: family
Albulidae
rank: family
Alopiidae
rank: family
Ammodytidae
rank: family
Antennariidae
rank: family
Apogonidae
rank: family
Argentinidae
rank: family
Ariidae
rank: family
Atherinopsidae
rank: family
Aulopidae
rank: family
Aulostomidae
rank: family
Balistidae
rank: family
Bathylagidae
rank: family
Batrachoididae
rank: family
Belonidae
rank: family
Blenniidae
rank: family
Bothidae
rank: family
Bramidae
rank: family
Bregmacerotidae
rank: family
Bythitidae
rank: family
Callionymidae
rank: family
Carangidae
rank: family
Carapidae
rank: family
Carcharhinidae
rank: family
Caristiidae
rank: family
Centrolophidae
rank: family
Centropomidae
rank: family
Chaenopsidae
rank: family
Chaetodontidae
rank: family
Chanidae
rank: family
Chiasmodontidae
rank: family
Chlopsidae
rank: family
Chlorophthalmidae
rank: family
Cirrhitidae
rank: family
Clupeidae
rank: family
Congridae
rank: family
Coryphaenidae
rank: family
Cynoglossidae
rank: family
Dactyloscopidae
rank: family
Dasyatidae
rank: family
Derichthyidae
rank: family
Diodontidae
rank: family
Echeneidae
rank: family
Eleotridae
rank: family
Elopidae
rank: family
Engraulidae
rank: family
Ephippidae
rank: family
Etmopteridae
rank: family
Exocoetidae
rank: family
Fistulariidae
rank: family
Gempylidae
rank: family
Gerreidae
rank: family
Gigantactinidae
rank: family
Ginglymostomatidae
rank: family
Gobiesocidae
rank: family
Gobiidae
rank: family
Gonostomatidae
rank: family
Gymnuridae
rank: family
Haemulidae
rank: family
Halosauridae
rank: family
Hemiramphidae
rank: family
Heterenchelyidae
rank: family
Heterodontidae
rank: family
Hexanchidae
rank: family
Holocentridae
rank: family
Ipnopidae
rank: family
Istiophoridae
rank: family
Kuhliidae
rank: family
Kyphosidae
rank: family
Labridae
rank: family
Labrisomidae
rank: family
Lamnidae
rank: family
Linophrynidae
rank: family
Liparidae
rank: family
Lobotidae
rank: family
Lophiidae
rank: family
Lutjanidae
rank: family
Luvaridae
rank: family
Macrouridae
rank: family
Malacanthidae
rank: family
Megalopidae
rank: family
Melamphaidae
rank: family
Merlucciidae
rank: family
Microdesmidae
rank: family
Molidae
rank: family
Monacanthidae
rank: family
Moridae
rank: family
Moringuidae
rank: family
Mugilidae
rank: family
Mullidae
rank: family
Muraenesocidae
rank: family
Muraenidae
rank: family
Myctophidae
Myliobatidae
rank: family
Myxinidae
rank: family
Narcinidae
rank: family
Nematistiidae
rank: family
Nemichthyidae
rank: family
Neoscopelidae
rank: family
Nettastomatidae
rank: family
Nomeidae
rank: family
Notosudidae
rank: family
Odontaspididae
rank: family
Ogcocephalidae
rank: family
Oneirodidae
rank: family
Ophichthidae
rank: family
Ophidiidae
rank: family
Opistognathidae
rank: family
Ostraciidae
rank: family
Paralepididae
rank: family
Paralichthyidae
rank: family
Pentanchidae
rank: family
Peristediidae
rank: family
Phosichthyidae
rank: family
Poeciliidae
rank: family
Polynemidae
rank: family
Pomacanthidae
rank: family
Pomacentridae
rank: family
Potamotrygonidae
rank: family
Priacanthidae
rank: family
Pristidae
rank: family
Pristigasteridae
rank: family
Rajidae
rank: family
Rhincodontidae
rank: family
Rhinobatidae
rank: family
Scaridae
rank: family
Sciaenidae
rank: family
Scomberesocidae
rank: family
Scombridae
rank: family
Scopelarchidae
rank: family
Scorpaenidae
rank: family
Serranidae
rank: family
Sparidae
rank: family
Sphyraenidae
rank: family
Sphyrnidae
rank: family
Squatinidae
rank: family
Sternoptychidae
rank: family
Stomiidae
rank: family
Stromateidae
rank: family
Stylephoridae
rank: family
Syngnathidae
rank: family
Synodontidae
rank: family
Tetraodontidae
rank: family
Torpedinidae
rank: family
Trachichthyidae
rank: family
Trachipteridae
rank: family
Triakidae
rank: family
Trichiuridae
rank: family
Triglidae
rank: family
Tripterygiidae
rank: family
Uranoscopidae
rank: family
Urotrygonidae
rank: family
Xiphiidae
rank: family
Zanclidae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

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.

Bibliographic Citations

[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 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8639-7_29
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 - https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/geocol/article/view/32023

Contacts

Jose J. Tavera Vargas
originator
position: Profesor
Universidad del Valle
Cali
Valle del Cauca
CO
email: jose.tavera@correounivalle.edu.co
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4517-9238

Andrea Polanco F.
originator
position: Researcher
Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; Fundación Biodiversa Colombia
CH
email: andrea.polanco@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-5214

Beatriz S Beltrán León
originator
position: Researcher
Universidad del Valle
CO
email: bbeltranleon@yahoo.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4399-3642

Luis Alonso Zapata Padilla
originator
position: Marine coordinator
WWF
Cali
CO
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5448-888X

Fernando Zapata
originator
position: Profesor
Universidad del Valle
CO
email: fernando.zapata@correounivalle.edu.co
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8989-4458

Henry D. Agudelo Zamora
originator
position: Project coordinator
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Bogotá
CO
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8571-7235

Arturo Acero P
originator
position: Profesor
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Santa Marta
CO
email: aacerop@unal.edu.co
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6637-9901

Jose Julián Tavera Vargas
metadata author
Universidad del Valle
CO

Andrea Polanco F.
metadata author
Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; Fundación Biodiversa Colombia
CH

Henry D. Agudelo Zamora
metadata author
position: Project coordinator
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
CO

Arturo Acero P
metadata author
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
CO

Jose J. Tavera Vargas
author
position: Profesor
Universidad del Valle
Cali
Valle del Cauca
CO

Andrea Polanco
author
Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; Fundación Biodiversa Colombia
CH

Beatriz S. Beltrán-León
author
Universdida del Valle
CO

Luis A. Zapata
author
WWF
CO

Fernando Zapata
author
Universidad del Valle
Cali
Valle del Cauca
CO

Lauren Raz
publisher
position: Profesor
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Bogotá D.C
Bogotá D.C
CO

Henry D. Agudelo Zamora
author
position: Coordinador proyecto
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Bogotá D.C
Bogotá D.C
CO

Arturo Acero P
author
position: Profesor
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Santa Marta
Magdalena
CO
email: aacerop@unal.edu.co

Leonardo Buitrago
reviewer
GBIF

Mariangeles Arce
publisher
position: Collection Manager
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
US

Jose Julián Tavera Vargas
administrative point of contact
position: Profesor
Universidad del Valle
Cali
Valle del Cauca
CO
email: jose.tavera@correounivalle.edu.co
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4517-9238

Andrea Polanco F.
administrative point of contact
Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; Fundación Biodiversa Colombia
CH
email: andrea.polanco@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-5214