Updated Distribution Range of Toadfishes (Sanopus Smith 1952, Batrachoididae) in the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean

• Damián A. Cedillo-Reyna ^[1] ; Joshany M. Clarke-Acosta ^[1] ; Alfonso Aguilar-Perera ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

     Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

     México

     
• Localización: Thalassas: An international journal of marine sciences, ISSN 0212-5919, Vol. 37, Nº. 1, 2021, págs. 57-63
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Worldwide, toadfishes (Batrachoididae) comprise 83 species belonging to 23 genera. In the western Atlantic, there are seven genera and 23 species, and the genus Sanopus Smith 1952 has six species with limited geographic distribution range in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and Caribbean Sea (CS). This work compiled and reviewed information from scientific literature and database revisions on distribution range of Sanopus species, with emphasis in the southern GOM and Mexican CS. Sanopus astrifer, S. reticulatus, and S. splendidus showed updated records from their type locality, while S. barbatus, S. greenfieldorum, and S. johnsoni had no change in distribution. We recommend improving sampling effort for recording Sanopus based on direct underwater visual census and sample collections to expand opportunities to update species distribution range, increase biological data, and provide information to assess conservation status of these species in the region