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The occurrence of Sparisoma frondosum (Teleostei: Labridae) in the Cape Verde Archipelago, with a summary of expatriated Brazilian endemic reef fishes

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The occurrence of the Brazilian endemic parrotfish Sparisoma frondosum is confirmed for the Cape Verde Archipelago, in the Tropical Eastern Atlantic. In total, 12 species of reef fishes previously thought to be either endemic or originated in the Brazilian Province have been recently recorded as vagrants in the southern Caribbean and in West African offshore islands. We suggest that the seasonal and somewhat overlooked North Equatorial Countercurrent should receive more attention as a potential dispersal route for marine organisms crossing the Atlantic in a west–east direction.

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Acknowledgments

Our special thanks to the two people who captured the additional specimens by SCUBA: R. dos Santos for specimens from Santo Antão and São Vicente and E. D´Oliveira of King Bay Diving Center, Tarrafal, for the specimens from Santiago Island. Our gratitude extends to D. Évora, A. Hurtebize, T. Melo and J. Melo for sharing information and their continuing interest in specimens. We would also like to especially thank Dr A. Brito (University of La Laguna, Canary Is.) and Dr P. Wirtz (CCMAR University of Algarve, Portugal) for valuable information and Dr J. González (Canary Institute of Marine Science, Canary Is.) for assistance on meristic diagnosis of specimens. R. Freitas is supported by Campus do Mar International Campus of Excellence PhD program (DO*MAR) and P. N. Silva by the Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography (CofEOO) at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS). O.J. Luiz is supported by an International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship. C.E.L. Ferreira and S.R. Floeter are funded by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) from Brazil.

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  1. Departamento de Engenharias e Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Cabo Verde, CP 163, Mindelo, Cabo Verde

    Rui Freitas

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia

    Osmar J. Luiz

  3. Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, CP 132, Mindelo, Cabo Verde

    Pericles N. Silva

  4. Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, 88010-970, Brazil

    Sergio R. Floeter

  5. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA

    Giacomo Bernardi

  6. Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, 24001-970, Brazil

    Carlos E. L. Ferreira

  7. Departamento de Ecologia Y Biologia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

    Rui Freitas

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Freitas, R., Luiz, O.J., Silva, P.N. et al. The occurrence of Sparisoma frondosum (Teleostei: Labridae) in the Cape Verde Archipelago, with a summary of expatriated Brazilian endemic reef fishes. Mar Biodiv 44, 173–179 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-013-0194-z

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