Species records, mistaken identifications, and their further use: the case of the diskfish Echeneis naucrates on a spinner dolphin
The single record of the sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) attached to a spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is based on a photograph taken at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off northeast Brazil. A careful examination of this photograph demonstrates that the diskfish attached to the dolphin is...
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| description | The single record of the sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) attached to a spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is based on a photograph taken at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off northeast Brazil. A careful examination of this photograph demonstrates that the diskfish attached to the dolphin is the whalesucker (Remora australis), a species so far recorded on cetaceans only. Thus, the record of S. longirostris as a host for E. naucrates is here invalidated and the value of vouched records is reiterated. The exaggerated reliance even on refereed papers dealing with species records and checklists that lack or have dubious vouchers and their further use is commented upon. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c09ff873fb44226adfb8dbc6a4961e62022-12-22T00:43:48ZengSociedade Brasileira de IctiologiaNeotropical Ichthyology1982-02244445746010.1590/S1679-62252006000400010S1679-62252006000400010Species records, mistaken identifications, and their further use: the case of the diskfish Echeneis naucrates on a spinner dolphinIvan Sazima0Universidade Estadual de CampinasThe single record of the sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) attached to a spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is based on a photograph taken at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off northeast Brazil. A careful examination of this photograph demonstrates that the diskfish attached to the dolphin is the whalesucker (Remora australis), a species so far recorded on cetaceans only. Thus, the record of S. longirostris as a host for E. naucrates is here invalidated and the value of vouched records is reiterated. The exaggerated reliance even on refereed papers dealing with species records and checklists that lack or have dubious vouchers and their further use is commented upon.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252006000400010&lng=en&tlng=enRemora-dolphin associationsMistaken species recordUse of vouchersRefereed papers |
| spellingShingle | Ivan Sazima Species records, mistaken identifications, and their further use: the case of the diskfish Echeneis naucrates on a spinner dolphin Neotropical Ichthyology Remora-dolphin associations Mistaken species record Use of vouchers Refereed papers |
| title | Species records, mistaken identifications, and their further use: the case of the diskfish Echeneis naucrates on a spinner dolphin |
| title_full | Species records, mistaken identifications, and their further use: the case of the diskfish Echeneis naucrates on a spinner dolphin |
| title_fullStr | Species records, mistaken identifications, and their further use: the case of the diskfish Echeneis naucrates on a spinner dolphin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Species records, mistaken identifications, and their further use: the case of the diskfish Echeneis naucrates on a spinner dolphin |
| title_short | Species records, mistaken identifications, and their further use: the case of the diskfish Echeneis naucrates on a spinner dolphin |
| title_sort | species records mistaken identifications and their further use the case of the diskfish echeneis naucrates on a spinner dolphin |
| topic | Remora-dolphin associations Mistaken species record Use of vouchers Refereed papers |
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