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Addition of Blacklip Dragonet, Synchiropus atrilabiatus (Garman, 1899) (Pisces: Callionymidae) to the California Ichthyofauna
Dragonets (family Callionymidae) are small, often colorful, benthic fishes found in coastal tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, but primarily in the Indo-West Pacific (Nelson 1994). The systematics ... -
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First Occurrence of Blackspot Wrasse, Decodon melasma Gomon 1974 (Pisces: Labridae) in California
Wrasses (family Labridae) are epibenthic, demersal, and water-column fishes found in coastal warm-temperate and tropical waters, usually near rocky and coral reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Although this ... -
First Occurrence of Speckletail Flounder, Engyophrys sanctilaurentii Jordan & Bollman 1890 (Pisces: Bothidae), in California
Currently there are 29 species of flatfishes representing three families (Paralichthyidae, Pleuronectidae, and Cynoglossidae) in California, with an additional species and family (Pacific lined sole, Achirus mazatlanus; ... -
First Record of the Pacific Cornetfish, Fistularia corneta Gilbert and Starks 1904, a New Species to the Southern California Fauna During the 1997-1998 El Nino
On 7 May 1998, two small cornetfish (319 and 345 mm total length) were taken from the cooling water screenwell in front of the circulating water gates at the former Southern California Edison's Huntington Beach Generating ... -
First record of the sabertooth blenny, Plagiotremns azaleus, in California with notes on its distribution along the Pacific coast of Baja California
On 8 January 1998, while performing monthly ichthyological transects in King Harbor, Redondo Beach, California (latitude 33°50.5' N, Longitude 118°24.0' W), the senior author observed two individual sabertooth blennies, ... -
Increase in Occurrence and Abundance of Zebraperch (Hermosilla azurect) in the Southern California Bight in Recent Decades
The zebraperch, Hermosilla azurea Jenkins and Evermann 1889, a warm-temperate member of the widespread but mainly tropical perciform family Kyphosidae, occurs in coastal waters of southern California and Baja California ... -
New and Rare Fish and Invertebrate Species to California during the 1997-1998 El Nino
By some measures 1997-1998 El Nino southern oscillation (ENSO) was the strongest such event of the 20 th century and perhaps the strongest of all recorded history. For most of us, an El Nino means increased rains in the ... -
New and Unusual Marine Invertebrates Discovered at the California Channel Islands during the 1997-1998 El Nino
The occurrence of new and unusual subtropical invertebrates at the Channel Islands was documented for the exceptional 1997-1998 El Nino and subsequent 1998-2000 La Nina during periodic shallow subtidal surveys. Six species ... -
New and Unusual Reef Fish Discovered at the California Channel Islands During the 1997-1998 El Nino
Observations of warm- water species rarely seen in California are often associated with El Nino Southern Oscillations (ENSO). Here we document new occurrences of tropical reef fish at the California Channel Islands. In ... -
New Range Records of 12 Marine Invertebrates: The Role of El Nino and Other Mechanisms in Southern and Central California
The occurrence of marine organisms northward of their known range limit along the eastern Pacific during El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events is an increasingly well-studied phenomenon. However, in addition to ENSO ... -
Northern Range Extensions into the Southern California Bight of Ten Decapod Crustacea Related to the 1991/92 and 1997/98
The first recorded appearance in the Southern California Bight (SCB) of ten decapod crustaceans, all of which have distributions that are primarily tropical or sub-tropical, is documented. Northern range extensions are ... -
Occurrence of the Loosetooth Parrotfish, Nicholsina denticulata (Scaridae), from Santa Catalina Island, California
The parrotfishes, family Scaridae, are characterized as specialized perciform fishes that closely associate with reefs and are primarily tropical in distribution (Schultz 1958, 1969 and Nelson 1994). Rosenblatt and Hobson ... -
Records of Mexican Barracuda, Sphyraena ensis, and Scalloped Hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, from Southern California Associated with Elevated Water Temperatures
During the 1997-98 El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), abnormally warm coastal waters occurred off southern California. Based on satellite imagery, the highest sea surface temperature anomalies recorded in southern ... -
Shifts in Fish and Invertebrate Assemblages of Two Southern California Estuaries during the 1997-98 El Nino
Estuarine fish and invertebrate assemblages at Tijuana Estuary and Los Penasquitos Lagoon exhibited changes coincident with the 1997-1998 El Nino event. Three fishes [Albula sp. (bonefish), Ctenogobius sagittula (longtail ...