title: Checklist of fishes from madagascar reef, campeche bank, méxico.
abstract: This study presents the first list of fish species from Madagascar Reef, Campeche Bank, Gulf of México. Field surveys and literature review identified 54 species belonging to 8 orders, 30 families and 43 genera, comprising both conspicuous and cryptic fishes. Species richness was lower at this reef site compared to reefs in the Mexican Caribbean, Veracruz or Tuxpan, but was similar to other reefs in the same region. Species composition was a mixture of species present in all the reef systems of the Mexican Atlantic. Hypoplectrusecosur was recorded here for the first time in the Gulf of Mexico, Mycteropercamicrolepis, Equetuslanceolatus and Chaetodipterusfaber were new records for the reefs of the Campeche Bank, Elacatinusxanthiprora was recorded for the second time in Mexico and expanded its known distribution westwards from Alacranes Reef and Sanopusreticulatus, endemic of the Yucatan state, was recorded here for the first time on a reef.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Townsville, Australia ; Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sisal, Mexico.
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zarco Perello
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Merida, Mexico.
authors.forename: Rigoberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreno Mendoza
authors.affiliation: Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sisal, Mexico.
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Simões
keywords: Campeche Bank; Coral; Gulf of Mexico; Mexican Atlantic; Mexico; Yucatan; fishes; reef; species richness