Randall J.E., Williams J.T., Smith D.G., Kulbicki Michel, Mou-Tham Gérard, Labrosse P., Kronen M., Clua E., Mann B.S. (2003). Checklist of the shore and epipelagic fishes of Tonga. Atoll Research Bulletin, (502), 35 p. ISSN 0077-5630.
Titre du document
Checklist of the shore and epipelagic fishes of Tonga
Année de publication
2003
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Randall J.E., Williams J.T., Smith D.G., Kulbicki Michel, Mou-Tham Gérard, Labrosse P., Kronen M., Clua E., Mann B.S.
Source
Atoll Research Bulletin, 2003,
(502), 35 p. ISSN 0077-5630
A checklist is given below of 1162 species of shore and epipelagic fishes belonging to 111 families that occur in the islands of Tonga, South Pacifie Ocean; 40 of these are epipelagic species. As might be expected, the fish fauna of Tonga is most similar to those of Samoa and Fiji; at least 658 species of the fishes found in Tonga are also known from Fiji and the islands of Samoa. Twelve species of shore fishes are presently known only from Tonga. Specimens of Tongan fishes are housed mainly in the fish collections of the National Museum ofNatural History, Washington D.C.; Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu; Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; and the Australian Museum, Sydney. Native Tongan names offishes, when known, are presented afterspecies names.
Plan de classement
Poissons [034BIOVER01]
Descripteurs
POISSON MARIN ; INVENTAIRE FAUNISTIQUE ; NOM VERNACULAIRE ; NOM SCIENTIFIQUE ; ZONE COTIERE
