Systematic and Ecological Notes on Some Fishes Collected in the Vicinity of Tortuguero, Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica

• Caldwell, David K. ^[2] ; Ogren, Larry H. ^[1] ; Giovannoli, Leonard ^[3]
  1. [1] University of Florida

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  2. [2] Fish and Wildlife Service
  3. [3] Florida State Museum

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• Localización: Revista de Biología Tropical, ISSN 0034-7744, Vol. 7, Nº. 1, 1959 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Volume 7 - Regular number 1 - July 1959; 1–6)
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  • español

    Se presenta una lista anotada de peces recogidos en las cercanías de Tor­tuguero, en la costa atlántica de Costa Rica, durante los meses de julio a septiem­bre de 1955 por L. Giovannoli y de 1956-58 por L. H. Ogren, o por compañeros de éstos. Las localidades descritas se indican en el mapa, fig. 1; junto a la descripción de las condiciones en que se hizo cada colección se anotan las especies reco­gidas, numeradas según la lista sistemática presente. Al enumerar las especies en esta última, se indican las localidades, el número de ejemplares en cada colección, la longitud en milímetros, a menos que se indique otra cosa, de la punta de hoci­co a la base de los radios caudales medios

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    The fishes listed in this report represent collections made primarily by Ogren and Giovannoli while they were in Costa Rica during the summers of 1956-58 and 1955, respectively, as University of Florida Research A-ssistants engag­ed in a study of the ecology and migrations of sea turtles (National Science Foun­dation Grants G-1684 and G-5479, University of Florida-Principal Investigator, Archie Carr). A few additional specimens, designated in the following annotated list, were taken by others who were at Tortuguero during the months Ogren and Giovannoli were collecting. Since the specimens were taken during only one season of the year, with limited equipment, and only incidental to the turtle work, this list is not intended as a presentation of the entire fish fauna of the area. However, the locality is isolated, and knowledge of some of the fish species augments what is known of the ecology and ranges of fishes known to occur in neighboring or distant countries to the north or south. This is particularly true of the marine species, as practically nothing has been written concerning their actual occurrence in Caribbean Costa Rican waters.