Coastal fish diversity of the Socotra Archipelago, Yemen: Fishes Checklist
Citation
Zajonz U, Lavergne E, Bogorodsky S Y, Saeed F N, Aideed M S, Krupp F, Earl C (2023). Coastal fish diversity of the Socotra Archipelago, Yemen: Fishes Checklist. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/tzzetb accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-09.Description
The Socotra Archipelago, located in the eastern Gulf of Aden, has a unique marine environment which combines tropical and ‘pseudo-temperate’ elements. Studies on the fish biogeography of the archipelago, partially framed in regional studies, have substantially outpaced critical elementary research on the archipelago’s fish diversity. The present study seeks to close this gap and identifies the Socotra Archipelago as a major hotspot of coastal fish diversity in the Indian Ocean. The archipelago supports unique coastal fish assemblages which are predominantly composed of coral-associated (“reef”) species, in spite of the limited biogenic reef frameworks. A Preliminary Checklist comprises 682 species with confirmed records and a “Working List” includes an additional 51 records, totalling 733 faunal records in 108 families.Purpose
These data were made accessible through UNESCO's eDNA Expeditions project to mobilize available marine species and occurrence datasets from World Heritage Sites.
Sampling Description
Method steps
- See Github Project and R Notebook for dataset construction methods
Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Fishes
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Agnatharank: Superclass
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Chondrichthyesrank: unranked
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Osteichthyesrank: unranked
Geographic Coverages
Socotra Archipelago
Bibliographic Citations
- Zajonz U, Lavergne E, Bogorodsky S, Saeed F, Aideed M, Krupp F. (2019). Coastal fish diversity of the Socotra Archipelago, Yemen. Zootaxa. 4636. 001-108. - https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4636.1.1
Contacts
Uwe Zajonzoriginator
Senckenberg Research Institute and Museum of Nature
email: uzajonz@senckenberg.de
Edouard Lavergne
originator
Kyoto University
email: edouard.lavergne@gmail.com
Sergey Y. Bogorodsky
originator
Station of Naturalists
email: ic187196@yandex.ru
Fouad Naseeb Saeed
originator
Environmental Protection Authority, Socotra Branch
email: imhor.fouad@gmail.com
Moteah Sheikh Aideed
originator
Hadhramout University
email: sh79mo@yahoo.com
Friedhelm Krupp
originator
Senckenberg Research Institute and Museum of Nature
Chandra Earl
metadata author
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org
Chandra Earl
processor
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org
OBIS Secretariat
administrative point of contact
position: Secretariat
OBIS
email: helpdesk@obis.org