Variación espacial de larvas de lutjánidos y serránidos en la Plataforma de Yucatán Spatial variation of Snapper and Grouper larvae in Yucatan Shelf

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The objective was to analyze the abundance and distribution of snappers and groupers in the Yucatan shelf. We analyzed forty-five samples of ichthyoplankton that were taken from oceanographic research (Yucatan03-A) during September 2003. Superficial tows were made with a Bongo net. A total of 3,963 organisms were collected, they belong to 50 fish families. Three families (Carangidae, Gobiidae y Clupeidae) represented more than 50% of the density. Lutjanidae and Serranidae families were within the nine most abundant families, with a total density of 713.8 ±60 org./100 m 3 . Serranidae family is represented by species of the genus Anthias, Diplectrum, Epinephelus, Liopropoma, Serranus and Epinephelus fulvus, whereas Lutjanidae is represented by Lutjanus analis, L. campechanus, L. griseus and L. synagris. The highest density species was L. synagris, representing 28.9% of material reviewed, followed by E. fulvus, L. analis and L. campechanus. The analysis of the cluster of stations allowed

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