Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0001486
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The format consists of the following records (lines) for each species: Species number = consecutive numbers assigned to each species in the order in which they are presented. Species = the species name considered valid in recent taxonomic literature. Publication dates and authorship of species names are from Eschmeyer (1998) except for the Amphioxiformes from Poss & Boschung (1996) and a few other species as noted in the text. Family = the family to which the species is assigned according to Nelson (1994). Status = the best determination available as to whether the species is endemic (found only in Hawai'i), indigenous (occurring in Hawai'i naturally but also found naturally elsewhere), successfully introduced (with a reproducing population in the region), or unsuccessfully introduced (released at one or more times but without a naturally reproducing population in the region). Southeastern and Northwestern Hawaiian records = the southeastern-northwestern extent of the species' distribution along the Hawaiian Ridge. Locations are given as islands or seamounts, on the assumption that for most species too little sampling has been done to define the ranges on a finer scale. In many instances, O'ahu is given as a limit or only location of occurrence. It should be recognized that this is an artifact of sampling. Most collecting in Hawai'i has taken place around O'ahu, including the sampling by Jordan & Evermann (1905) much of which was at the Honolulu fish market. Records from fish market sampling by Jordan & Evermann (1905) are recorded as from O'ahu even though many of the fish there may have been taken elsewhere. Many readers will know that numerous species have broader ranges in the Hawaiian Islands than are given here, but without published records this information could not be incorporated into this list. It is hoped that future publications will better document the ranges of the common fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Notes = comments about problems with taxonomy or ranges of species that make their status in the region uncertain."
National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Compile an inventory of fish species in the Hawaiian Archipelago
The list was compiled almost entirely from the literature. Unpublished
records based on specimens were added for a few species in NMFS
collections and other unpublished records obtained from researchers
elsewhere are from personal communications. The list was initially
compiled by consulting major reviews of Hawaii's fish fauna: Jordan &
Evermann (1905), Gilbert (1905), Gosline & Brock (1960), Struhsaker
(1973a), Randall (1976a, 1980a), Tinker (1982), Springer (1982), and
Humphreys et al. (1984). Information was subsequently incorporated from
other major summaries of the fauna published as the list was compiled
(i.e. Uchida & Uchiyama, 1986; Borets, 1986; Hoover, 1993; Randall et
al., 1993a,b; Hoover, 1993, 1994, 2003; Chave & Mundy, 1994; Randall,
1996a). The primary literature was consulted for fish families included
in those summaries to obtain records of other species and to confirm the
occurrence and taxonomic status of species in the reviews. The
checklist includes records and taxonomic changes published before March
1, 2002.
The region of coverage for the list is the 200-nmi Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ) of the Hawaiian Islands. It includes all fish species taken
within a 200-nmi radius of the emergent land masses of the State of
Hawai'i. Thus, it includes records from all waters within this radius
from the "Big Island" of Hawai'i north past Kure Atoll. Several
seamounts north of Kure Atoll, including the extensively sampled Hancock
Seamounts, are included within this radius. The undersea volcano Lo'ihi
south of the island of Hawai'i, is also included. The geological
feature extending from Lo'ihi Seamount through the Hancock Seamounts is
the "Hawaiian Ridge". Colahan Seamount is the northernmost feature of
the Hawaiian Ridge, but it is outside of the 200-nmi EEZ. The
nomenclature and locations of the Emperor Seamounts were taken from
Clague et al. (1980). The nomenclature and locations of the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and adjacent undersea features of the
Hawaiian Ridge were taken from Uchida & Uchiyama (1986).
Higher taxa in this list, through the subfamily or tribe level, are
arranged following the format of Nelson (1994) except where noted.
Spellings of these taxa may differ from Nelson (1994) as suggested by
other studies. Taxa at the ordinal level and lower are identified by
their conventional suffixes in ichthyology: "-iformes" for order,
"-oidei" for suborder, "-idae" for family, "-inae" for subfamily, and
"-ini" for tribe. Genera and species are arranged alphabetically within
their families, subfamilies, or tribes. Citations of species
descriptions may be obtained from Eschmeyer (1998;
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/) or the
taxonomic references given for each species. For most references, years
of publication are those given in Eschmeyer (1998).
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