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Additions to the ichthyofauna of the Bahama Islands, with comments on endemic species

Abstract

Literature records or other documentation are given for 57 species of shorefishes added to the Bahaman ichthyofauna since publication of Fishes of the Bahamas ; included are 32 new species described or discovered since 1967. Known distribution is specified for each species, including extralimital ranges of non-endemics. Fourteen species are listed as known only from the Bahamas although some likely occur elsewhere. It is concluded that the Bahamas has played a minor role in the evolution of Atlantic tropical marine fishes. [Bahaman ichthyofauna, endemism, new records]

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William F. Smith-Vaniz, Eugenia B. Bohlke. 1991. Additions to the ichthyofauna of the Bahama Islands, with comments on endemic species. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70164320

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