Trophic preference of Pterois volitans (Scorpaenidae) in the coastal area of Holguin, Cuba
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The lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a species of reef fish that has invaded the Western Atlantic in a dizzying manner. The objective of this study was to characterize the diet of the lionfish in the coastal zone of Holguín, Cuba. For this purpose, eight sampling campaigns were conducted during the period April-November 2016 in six coastal sites, including frontal, artificial reefs and bays located between 14 and 35 m deep. A total of 250 specimens with sizes between 8 and 33 cm of standard length were collected. Through stomach contents analysis, 27 types of prey were identified, which were grouped into the trophic categories of fish, crustaceans and mollusks. The fish were the principal component in the diet of the lionfish according to the numerical, frequency, gravimetric methods and the index of relative importance. Within the preys, the fish species Holocentrus rufus and Monocanthus tuckeri were the most representative. The diet of the lionfish in the study area reflected the availability of prey at each site, suggesting that it is an opportunistic predator (Levin index = 0.91). No statistical differences were found in relation to the similarity between the sampling sites based on the contribution of the weight of the different components consumed.
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Chace, F. J. 1972. The shrimps of the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions with a summary of the West Indian shallow–water species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia). Smithsonian Contribution Zoology, 98: 1-179.
Chevalier, P., E. Gutiérrez, D. Ibarzabal, S. Romero, V. Isla, J. Calderín y E. Hernández. 2008. Primer registro de Pterois volitans (Pisces: Scorpaenidae) para aguas cubanas. Solenodon, 7: 37-40.
Clarke, K. R. 1993. Non-parametric multivariate analyses of changes in community structure. Australian Journal Ecology, 18: 117-43.
Clothier, C. R. 1950. A key to some southern California fishes based on vertebral characters. Calif. Dep. Fish and Game. Fishes Bulletin, 79: 1-83.
Côté, I. M., S. J. Green y M. A. Hixon. 2013. Predatory fish invaders: Insights from Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean. Biology Conservation, 164: 50-61.
Dahl, K. A. y W. F. Patterson III. 2014. Diet of the invasive pacific lionfish, Pterois volitans, on natural and artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. GCFI, 66: 201-203.
Fishelson, L. 1997. Experiments and observations on food consumption, growth and starvation in Dendrochirus brachypterus and Pterois volitans (Pteroinae, Scorpaenidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 50: 391-403.
García, R. A. 2015. Principales relaciones ecológicas del pez león (Pterois volitans/miles) en arrecifes de La Habana, Cuba (tesis de maestría). Cuba: Centro de investigaciones marinas, Universidad de La Habana, 78 pp.
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Hurlbert, S. H. 1978. The measurement of niche overlap and some relatives. Ecology, 59: 67-77.
Hyslop, E. J. 1980. Stomach contents analysis. A review of the methods and their application. Journal Fishes Biology, 7 (4): 411-430.
Krebs, C. J. 1989. Ecological methodology. Harper and Row, New York: USA, 550 pp.
Labropoulou, M. y A. Eleftheriou. 1997. The foraging ecology of two pairs of congeneric demersal fish species: importance of morphological characteristics in prey selection. Journal Fishes Biology, 50: 324-340.
Layman, C. A., Jud, Z. R. y P. Nichols. 2014. Lionfish alter benthic invertebrate assemblages in patch habitats of a subtropical estuary. Marine Biology, 1: 1-6. Doi:http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s00227-014-2491-x.
Martínez, J. C. y O. Gómez. 1986. Los crustáceos decápodos del Golfo de Batabanó. Brachyura. Poeyana, 332: 1-91.
McCleery, C. A. 2011. Comparative study of the feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Caribbean. Journal Marine Science, 9: 38-43.
Morato, T., E. Solá, M. P. Grós, y G. Menezes. 2003. Diets of thornback ray (Raja clavata) and tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) in the bottom longline fishery of the Azores, northeastern Atlantic. Fishes Bulletin, 101: 590-602.
Moravec, F., V. Nasincová, y T. Scholz. 1992. Methods of investigating metazoan parasites. Training course of fish parasites. Institute of Parasitology. Czechoslovak Academy of Science, 54 pp.
Morisita, M. 1959. Measuring interspecific association and similarity between communities. University Series Edition Biology, 3: 65-80.
Morris, J. A. 2013. La invasión del pez león: pasado, presente y futuro. In Morris JA, editor. El pez león invasor: guía para su control y manejo. Florida: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, pp. 1-2.
Morris, J. A. y J. L. Akins. 2009. Feeding ecology of invasive lionfih (Pterois volitans) in the Bahamian archipelago. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 86: 389-398.
Morris, J. A., J. L. Akins, A. Barse, D. Cerin, D. W. Freshwater, S. J. Green, R. C. Muñoz, C. Paris y P. E. Whitfield. 2009. Biology and ecology of the invasive lionfishes, Pterois miles and Pterois volitans. GCFI, 61: 409-414.
Morris, J. A. y S. J. Green. 2013. Las investigaciones sobre el pez león: resultados alcanzados y cuestiones pendientes. In Morris JA, editor. Florida: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, pp. 3-15.
Muñoz, R. C., C. A. Currin y P. E. Whitfield. 2011. Diet of invasive lionfish on hard bottom reefs of the Southeast USA: insights from stomach contents and stable isotopes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 432: 181-193.
Ortiz, M., R. Lalana y C. Varela. 2010. Guía ilustrada para la identificación de los camarones comerciales (Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata, Penaeoidea) de Cuba. Revista Cubana de Ciencias Biológicas, 1 (1): 49-69.
Pantoja, L. M., P. P. Chevalier, D. Cabrera, R. I. Corrada, D. Cobián, H. Caballero, R. García y O. Fernández. 2017. Superposición de la dieta del pez león Pterois volitans (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) con la de peces nativos de nivel trófico similar en Cuba. Boletin de Investigacianes Marinas y Costeras, 6 (2): 115-134.
Pinkas, L., S. M. Oliphant y L. K. Iverson. 1971. Food habits of albacore, bluefin tuna, and bonito in California waters. Department Fish and Game. Fishes Bulletin, 152: 1-105.
Vázquez, R., J. Rodríguez, L. Abitia, y F. Galván. 2008. Food habits of the yellow snapper Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869) (Percoidei: Bibliografía Lutjanidae) in La Paz Bay, Mexico. Revista Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 43 (2): 295-302.
Vega, A., E. Reynaldo, A. Fernández, J. Cruz, F. Ocaña y E. Córdova. 2015. Abundancia y distribución del pez león Pterotis volitans (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) en el litoral turístico de Holguín, Cuba. Solenodon, 12: 72-83. Disponible en: http://www.caribbeanahigroup.org/ solenodon12.html.
Villaseñor, D. J. y P. R. Herrera. 2014. Brief description of prey selectivity and ontogenetic changes in the diet of the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans (Actinopterygii, Scorpaenidae) in the Mexican Caribbean. Panama Journal Aquatic Science, 9 (2): 131-135.
Whitfield, P. E., J. A. Hare, A. W. David, S. L. Harter, R. C. Muñoz, y C. M. Addison. 2007. Abundance estimates of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans/miles complex in the Western North Atlantic. Biological Invasions, 9: 53-64.
Wolda, H. 1981. Similarity indices, samples size and diversity. Oecologia, 50: 296-302.
Albins, M. A. 2015. Invasive Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce abundance and species richness of native Bahamian coral-reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 522: 231-243.
Albins, M. A. y M. A. Hixon. 2008. Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans) reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 367: 233-238.
Albins, M. A y M. A. Hixon. 2011. Worst case scenario: potential long-term effects of invasive predatory lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Atlantic and Caribbean coral-reef communities. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 96: 1151-1157. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9795-1.
Alcolado, P. 2012. Efectos de agentes estresantes múltiples sobre el reclutamiento de corales pétreos al noroeste de Cuba (tesis maestría). Cuba: Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de La Habana, 111 pp.
Böhlke, J. y C. Chaplin. 1993. Fishes of Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd ed. Austin: Editorial University of Texas Press, 771 pp.
Cabrera, E. 2011. Abundancia y dieta de Pterois volitans/miles (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) en varias localidades de Cuba. Tesis de diploma. Centro de Investigaciones Marinas. Universidad de La Habana, 46 pp.
Chace, F. J. 1972. The shrimps of the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions with a summary of the West Indian shallow–water species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia). Smithsonian Contribution Zoology, 98: 1-179.
Chevalier, P., E. Gutiérrez, D. Ibarzabal, S. Romero, V. Isla, J. Calderín y E. Hernández. 2008. Primer registro de Pterois volitans (Pisces: Scorpaenidae) para aguas cubanas. Solenodon, 7: 37-40.
Clarke, K. R. 1993. Non-parametric multivariate analyses of changes in community structure. Australian Journal Ecology, 18: 117-43.
Clothier, C. R. 1950. A key to some southern California fishes based on vertebral characters. Calif. Dep. Fish and Game. Fishes Bulletin, 79: 1-83.
Côté, I. M., S. J. Green y M. A. Hixon. 2013. Predatory fish invaders: Insights from Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean. Biology Conservation, 164: 50-61.
Dahl, K. A. y W. F. Patterson III. 2014. Diet of the invasive pacific lionfish, Pterois volitans, on natural and artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. GCFI, 66: 201-203.
Fishelson, L. 1997. Experiments and observations on food consumption, growth and starvation in Dendrochirus brachypterus and Pterois volitans (Pteroinae, Scorpaenidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 50: 391-403.
García, R. A. 2015. Principales relaciones ecológicas del pez león (Pterois volitans/miles) en arrecifes de La Habana, Cuba (tesis de maestría). Cuba: Centro de investigaciones marinas, Universidad de La Habana, 78 pp.
Gómez, O. 1980. Sistemática de los brachiuros (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachiura) de Cuba (tesis de doctorado). Cuba: Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de La Habana, pp. 72-115.
Guitart, D. 1985a. Sinopsis de los peces marinos de Cuba. 1ra ed. Ciudad de la Habana: Editorial científico-técnica, 308 pp.
Guitart, D. 1985b. Sinopsis de los peces marinos de Cuba. 2da ed. Ciudad de la Habana: Editorial científico-técnica, pp. 454-502.
Hammer, Ø., D. A. T Harper y P. D. Ryan. 2018. PAST: Paleontological Statistics Software Package for Education and Data Analysis. Palaeontologia Electronica, 4: 1-9.
Hawkins, P. J. y C. M. Roberts. 2004. Effects of Artisanal Fishing on Caribbean Coral Reef. Biology Conservation, 18 (1): 215-226.
Horn, H. S. 1966. Measurement of overlap in comparative ecological studies. American Natural, 100: 419-424.
Humann, P. y N. Deloach. 2002. Reef fish identification (Florida-Caribbean-Bahamas). 3rd ed. Florida: Editorial new world publications, 481 pp.
Hurlbert, S. H. 1978. The measurement of niche overlap and some relatives. Ecology, 59: 67-77.
Hyslop, E. J. 1980. Stomach contents analysis. A review of the methods and their application. Journal Fishes Biology, 7 (4): 411-430.
Krebs, C. J. 1989. Ecological methodology. Harper and Row, New York: USA, 550 pp.
Labropoulou, M. y A. Eleftheriou. 1997. The foraging ecology of two pairs of congeneric demersal fish species: importance of morphological characteristics in prey selection. Journal Fishes Biology, 50: 324-340.
Layman, C. A., Jud, Z. R. y P. Nichols. 2014. Lionfish alter benthic invertebrate assemblages in patch habitats of a subtropical estuary. Marine Biology, 1: 1-6. Doi:http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s00227-014-2491-x.
Martínez, J. C. y O. Gómez. 1986. Los crustáceos decápodos del Golfo de Batabanó. Brachyura. Poeyana, 332: 1-91.
McCleery, C. A. 2011. Comparative study of the feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Caribbean. Journal Marine Science, 9: 38-43.
Morato, T., E. Solá, M. P. Grós, y G. Menezes. 2003. Diets of thornback ray (Raja clavata) and tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) in the bottom longline fishery of the Azores, northeastern Atlantic. Fishes Bulletin, 101: 590-602.
Moravec, F., V. Nasincová, y T. Scholz. 1992. Methods of investigating metazoan parasites. Training course of fish parasites. Institute of Parasitology. Czechoslovak Academy of Science, 54 pp.
Morisita, M. 1959. Measuring interspecific association and similarity between communities. University Series Edition Biology, 3: 65-80.
Morris, J. A. 2013. La invasión del pez león: pasado, presente y futuro. In Morris JA, editor. El pez león invasor: guía para su control y manejo. Florida: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, pp. 1-2.
Morris, J. A. y J. L. Akins. 2009. Feeding ecology of invasive lionfih (Pterois volitans) in the Bahamian archipelago. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 86: 389-398.
Morris, J. A., J. L. Akins, A. Barse, D. Cerin, D. W. Freshwater, S. J. Green, R. C. Muñoz, C. Paris y P. E. Whitfield. 2009. Biology and ecology of the invasive lionfishes, Pterois miles and Pterois volitans. GCFI, 61: 409-414.
Morris, J. A. y S. J. Green. 2013. Las investigaciones sobre el pez león: resultados alcanzados y cuestiones pendientes. In Morris JA, editor. Florida: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, pp. 3-15.
Muñoz, R. C., C. A. Currin y P. E. Whitfield. 2011. Diet of invasive lionfish on hard bottom reefs of the Southeast USA: insights from stomach contents and stable isotopes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 432: 181-193.
Ortiz, M., R. Lalana y C. Varela. 2010. Guía ilustrada para la identificación de los camarones comerciales (Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata, Penaeoidea) de Cuba. Revista Cubana de Ciencias Biológicas, 1 (1): 49-69.
Pantoja, L. M., P. P. Chevalier, D. Cabrera, R. I. Corrada, D. Cobián, H. Caballero, R. García y O. Fernández. 2017. Superposición de la dieta del pez león Pterois volitans (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) con la de peces nativos de nivel trófico similar en Cuba. Boletin de Investigacianes Marinas y Costeras, 6 (2): 115-134.
Pinkas, L., S. M. Oliphant y L. K. Iverson. 1971. Food habits of albacore, bluefin tuna, and bonito in California waters. Department Fish and Game. Fishes Bulletin, 152: 1-105.
Vázquez, R., J. Rodríguez, L. Abitia, y F. Galván. 2008. Food habits of the yellow snapper Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters, 1869) (Percoidei: Bibliografía Lutjanidae) in La Paz Bay, Mexico. Revista Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 43 (2): 295-302.
Vega, A., E. Reynaldo, A. Fernández, J. Cruz, F. Ocaña y E. Córdova. 2015. Abundancia y distribución del pez león Pterotis volitans (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) en el litoral turístico de Holguín, Cuba. Solenodon, 12: 72-83. Disponible en: http://www.caribbeanahigroup.org/ solenodon12.html.
Villaseñor, D. J. y P. R. Herrera. 2014. Brief description of prey selectivity and ontogenetic changes in the diet of the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans (Actinopterygii, Scorpaenidae) in the Mexican Caribbean. Panama Journal Aquatic Science, 9 (2): 131-135.
Whitfield, P. E., J. A. Hare, A. W. David, S. L. Harter, R. C. Muñoz, y C. M. Addison. 2007. Abundance estimates of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans/miles complex in the Western North Atlantic. Biological Invasions, 9: 53-64.
Wolda, H. 1981. Similarity indices, samples size and diversity. Oecologia, 50: 296-302.
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Reynaldo de la Cruz, E., Veja Torres, A., Veja Cendejas, M. E., Fernández Velázquez, A., Cruz Ramírez, J., Córdova García, E., & Cruz Ramírez, P. (2019). Trophic preference of Pterois volitans (Scorpaenidae) in the coastal area of Holguin, Cuba. Novitates Caribaea, (13), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i13.188
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