Checklist of the shorefishes of Ouvea atoll, New Caledonia

The shorefishes of Ouvea, an isolated atoll in the Loyalty Islands group of New Caledonia, had not been surveyed prior to 1990. An extensive survey was conducted by ORSTOM between 1991 and 1992 to obtain baseline information on the shorefishes. A
total of 653 taxa among 72 families are now documented from this area. The most diverse families are the Labridae (69 species), Pomacentridae (58 species), Gobiidae (54 spccies),Serranidae (39 species), Chaetodontidae (31 species) and Apogonidae (28
species). The absence or very low diversity of some families (Clupeidae, Nemipteridae, Siganidae) or genera (Abudefduf, Neopomacentrus) is similar to findings for other isolated islands of the Coral Sea. Of the 653 species recorded from Ouvea, 51 species have not been reported from New Caledonia, a large high island to the South. Only one endemic species, Luzonichthys williamsi, has been recognized among the shorefishes at Ouvea. A number of Pacific Plate endemic species were recorded at Ouvea. which is positioned on the Australasian Plate to the south of the edge of the Pacific Plate.
Antennarius duescus, previously known from three specimens taken at the Hawaiian Islands, is recorded from a single specimen taken at Ouvea. Another antitropical distribution pattern is exhibited by Dinemalichthys riukiuensis, which is known to occur
at Fiji, Ouvea and Queensland in the South and from Okinawa.
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Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 28 p.

新喀里多尼亚忠诚群岛中的孤立环礁欧维阿的沿岸鱼类，在1990年之前未曾进行过调查。1991年至1992年间，由ORSTOM组织进行了广泛调查，旨在获取该地区沿岸鱼类的基线信息。目前，已从该地区记录了72个科中的653个物种。其中，多样性最高的科分别为：Labridae（69种）、Pomacentridae（58种）、Gobiidae（54种）、Serranidae（39种）、Chaetodontidae（31种）和Apogonidae（28种）。一些科（如Clupeidae、Nemipteridae、Siganidae）或属（如Abudefduf、Neopomacentrus）的缺失或多样性极低，这与珊瑚海其他孤立岛屿的发现相似。在记录于欧维阿的653个物种中，有51个物种在新喀里多尼亚未曾报道过，新喀里多尼亚是一个位于南方的广阔的高岛。在欧维阿沿岸鱼类中，仅识别出一种特有物种Luzonichthys williamsi。在欧维阿还记录了若干太平洋板块特有物种，该地区位于太平洋板块边缘以南的澳大利亚板块之上。Antennarius duescus，此前仅从夏威夷群岛的三种样本中得知，现从欧维阿的一个样本中记录到。另一种反热带分布模式由Dinemalichthys riukiuensis展示，该物种已知在斐济、欧维阿和南方的昆士兰州以及冲绳发生。网络可获取
编号：[EL]
物理描述：28页。