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Range extension of the blue and yellow damselfish Chromis limbaughi (Pomacentridae) to the northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2014

María Martínez-Torres ,
Héctor Reyes-Bonilla ,
Francisco Javier Fernández-Rivera Melo ,
Israel Sánchez-Alcántara ,
Ollin T. González-Cuellar  and
Christian Daniel Morales-Portillo
María Martínez-Torres
Affiliation:
Universidad de Guadalajara Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Carretera a Nogales km 15.5, Las Agujas Nextipac, Zapopan, Jal., Mexico
Héctor Reyes-Bonilla*
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, Laboratorio de Sistemas Arrecifales, Carretera al Sur km 5.5, CP 23080, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico
Francisco Javier Fernández-Rivera Melo
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, Laboratorio de Sistemas Arrecifales, Carretera al Sur km 5.5, CP 23080, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico
Israel Sánchez-Alcántara
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, Laboratorio de Sistemas Arrecifales, Carretera al Sur km 5.5, CP 23080, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico
Ollin T. González-Cuellar
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, Laboratorio de Sistemas Arrecifales, Carretera al Sur km 5.5, CP 23080, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico
Christian Daniel Morales-Portillo
Affiliation:
Pronatura Noroeste A.C., Programa de Conservación Marina y Pesca Sustentable, Calle Decíma # 60, Zona Centro, C.P. 22800, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: H. Reyes-Bonilla, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, Laboratorio de Sistemas Arrecifales, Carretera al Sur km 5.5, CP 23080, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico email: hreyes@uabcs.mx
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Abstract

The blue and yellow damselfish Chromis limbaughi is a species protected by the Mexican federal government due to its commercial relevance as an aquarium fish. In this paper we present new records of the species at 17 locations north of its accepted northernmost distribution limit. Because of the abundance, relative occurrence, and the presence of adults and juveniles in the new sites, these might represent reproductive populations. It is probable that the species has settled successfully there in recent years by taking advantage of the warming of the region reported in the last decade.

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blue and yellow damselfishBaja California Peninsulaaquarium fishabundancesize structure
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e43
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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