Opsanus beta: an invasive fish species in the Santos estuary, Brazil
Keywords:
bioinvasion, ballast water, exotic species, BatrachoididaeAbstract
A non-indigenous fish species, Opsanus beta, was found during an ichthyofauna sampling program in Santos Estuary. Common on the western coast of Florida and the Caribbean, the most probable source of this occurrence is due to ballast water from the ships. The 140 specimens reported (18 to 323 mm TL; 8 to 442 g WT) were caught in fish baited traps (215.28 ± 5.95 mm TL; 207.36 ± 16.42 g WT; 25.7% of the total caught), otter-trawls (213.97 ± 5.87 mm TL and 194.92 ± 11.31 g; 54.3%) and gillnets (226.93 ± 5.40 mm TL and 218.14 ± 17.01 g; 20.0%). Of 81 specimens sexed, 43.6% of females (n = 55) and 92.0% of males (n = 24) have mature gonads. Santos estuarine areas are very similar to the O. beta original environment, and allied to the absence of natural predators, and its environmental plasticity, projecting it as a well adapted species in region, which must be viewed as a potential serious implication to other Brazilian estuarine systems.
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Opsanus spp. (Batrachoididae) inferred from multiple mitochondrial-DNA sequences. Marine Biology, 136: 961í 968.
FROESE, R. 2006 Cube law, condition factor and weight-length relationships: history, metaanalysis and recommendations. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 22: 241í 253.
FUNDAÇÃO RICARDO FRANCO 2008 Estudo de Impacto Ambiental (EIA) e Relatório de Impacto Ambiental (RIMA): projeto de aprofundamento do canal de navegação do Porto de Santos, Santos, SP.São Paulo. Cap. 8. 132p.
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GRAY, G.A. and WINN, H.E. 1961 Reproductive ecology and sound production of the toadfish,Opsanus tau. Ecology, 42(2): 274-282.
HALSTEAD, B.W. 1970 Investigations of fish poisoning. In: FAO Caribbean Fishery Development Project (Phase 2). p.15.
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EYSINK, G.G.L.; POMPEIA, S. 2001 Sistema Estuarino de Santos e São Vicente. Technical report CETESB. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 178p.
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nova de Opsanus (Teleostei í Batrachoididae) no litoral do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Revista Ceciliana, 16(23): 93-99.
SANTOS, M.P. 2007 Distribuição, densidade, biomassa e produção primária de Spartina spp no sistema estuarino de Santos, SP, Brasil. Santos. 49p.(Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso, Universidade Santa Cecília).
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VAZZOLER, A.E.A.M. 1996 Biologia e reprodução de peixes teleósteos: teoria e prática. Maringá. Eduem. 169p.
WILLIAMS, S.L. and GROSHOLZ, E.D. 2008 The invasive species challenge in estuarine and coastal environments: marrying management and science. Estuaries and Coasts, 31: 3-20.
YÁí"˜EZ-ARANCIBIA. A.; LARA-DOMÍNGUEZ,A.L.; DAY, J.W. 1993 Interactions between
mangrove and seagrass habitats mediated by estuarine nekton assemblages: coupling of primary and secondary production.Hydrobiologia, 264: 1-12.
ZAR, J.E. 1996. Biostatistical Analysis. 3th ed. Englewood Cliffs. Prentice-Hall. 659p
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