Inshore Fishes of Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 585

摘要

A list is given of shore fishes known from Howland and Baker Islands, outliers of the Phoenix Islands group, and Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef in the Line Islands group. The list was compiled from literature sources, museum collection databases, and surveys conducted in 2000-2008 by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Centers Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED). A total of 506 shore-fish species and 27 epipelagic species were recorded from the five islands. Of the shore-fish species, 41 (8.1%) were first noted in our CRED surveys. Numbers for the individual islands are: Howland Island--328 species of which 166 (50.8%) are first records from CRED sampling; Baker Island--268 species with 188 (70.1%) as new CRED records; Jarvis Island--274 species with 176 (64.2%) as new CRED records; Palmyra Atoll--395 species with 113 (28.6%) as new CRED records; and Kingman Reef--270 species with 212 (78.5%) as new CRED records. Fifteen additional species whose identifications are in need of verification were reported in our surveys or previous efforts.