First record of Carolines parrotfish (Calotomus carolinus) and king angelfish (Holacanthus passer) around the Clipperton Atoll-La Passion Island (North-Eastern Tropical Pacific)

Clua E., Planes S.

Published date: October 2019
Volume: 43
Number: 3
Pagination: 285-287
doi: https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2019-433-009
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How to cite: Clua, E., & Planes, S. (2019). First record of Carolines parrotfish (Calotomus carolinus) and king angelfish (Holacanthus passer) around the Clipperton Atoll-La Passion Island (North-Eastern Tropical Pacific). Cybium, 43(3): 285-287. https://doi.org/10.26028/CYBIUM/2019-433-009

Abstract

A mission on the Clipperton atoll (Eastern Tropical Pacific) in August 2018 allowed the unprecedented capture and identification of an adult individual of Carolines parrotfish (Calotomus carolinus) and a juvenile of king angelfish (Holacanthus passer).

Keywords: Colonization - First record - Geographic distribution - Pomacanthidae - Scaridae
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