Composición taxonómica y abundancia espacio-temporal de la ictiofauna del Río Presidio, Sinaloa, México / Taxonomic composition and spatio-temporal abundance of the ichthyofauna in Presidio River, Sinaloa, Mexico

Resumen El Río Presidio, ubicado en el sur de Sinaloa, México, pertenece a la zona de transición zoogeográfica NeárticoNeotropical, donde su fauna de peces podría manifestar cambios en la abundancia y distribución de las especies durante los períodos de lluvias y de secas. El objetivo principal de este estudio fue describir la composición taxonómica y la abundancia espacial y temporal de la fauna de peces de la parte baja y media del Río Presidio, mediante muestreos bimestrales de abril 2008 a febrero 2009. Cuarenta especies (39 nativas y 1 exótica) pertenecientes a 32 géneros y 19 familias fueron registradas, siendo las familias Gerreidae y Poeciliidae las más diversas con cinco y cuatro especies, respectivamente. Seis especies: Lile stolifera, Oreochromis aureus, Awaous banana, Gobiomorus maculatus, Anchoa analis y Atherinella crystallina, en ese orden de importancia contribuyeron con casi el 49 % de la abundancia íctica total. La riqueza de especies y la salinidad demostraron una relación directa y ambas tuvieron una relación inversa con la altitud. Con base en la disimilitud de especies entre sitios, dos tipos de ensambles de peces fueron distinguidos a través de un gradiente de salinidad y turbidez en el río, el primero representado por especies de derivación marina (periféricas) en la parte baja, y el segundo por especies dulceacuícolas secundarias en la parte media. La mayor similitud de especies se dio en agosto y septiembre y estuvo asociada a condiciones de altos flujos del periodo de lluvias. Veintisiete especies tienen afinidad a la Región del Pacífico oriental, seis a la Región Neotropical, dos a la Región Neártica (Dorosoma smithi e Ictalurus cf. pricei), una Anfiatlántica (Mugil curema), una Circumtropical (M. cephalus), dos Anfiamericanas (Agonostomus monticola y Gerres cinereus) y una exótica (O. aureus).

Abstract The Rio Presidio in the southern Sinaloa, Mexico belongs to Nearctic-Neotropical zoogeographical transition zone, where its fish fauna could manifest changes in the abundance and distribution of the species during rainy and dry periods. The main objective of this study was to describe the taxonomic composition and spatial and temporal abundance of the fish fauna from the lower and middle Rio Presidio, by means of bimonthly samplings from April 2008 to February 2009. Forty fish species (39 native and 1 exotic) belonging to 32 genera and 19 families were registered. Two families (Gerreidae and Poeciliidae) contained the highest numbers of species (five and four, respectively). Six species (Lile stolifera, Oreochromis aureus, Awaous banana, Anchoa analis, Gobiomorus maculatus and Atherinella crystallina) in this order of importance contributed with almost 49 % of the total fish abundance. Species richness and salinity showed a direct relationship and an inverse relationship with the altitude. Based on the coefficient of similarity of species among sites two fish assemblages were identified. The first assemblage formed by species from marine derivation (peripheral) occurring in the lower part of the river, and the second assemblage by secondary freshwater species in the middle part. The higher fish species similarity observed in August and September was under the influence of the highest flows of the rainy period. Twenty-seven 27 species showed affinity to the Tropical Eastern Pacific Region, six species to the Neotropical region and two to the Nearctic region (Dorosoma smithi and Ictalurus cf. pricei ); one species has an Amphiatlantic distribution (Mugil curema), another is circumtropical (Mugil cephalus), two species have Amphiamerican distribution (A. monticola and G. cinereus), and one is exotic (O. aureus). Rev. Biol. Trop. 66(2): 848-862. Epub 2018 June 01.

Paleoclimatic modeling and phylogeography of least killifish, Heterandria formosa: insights into Pleistocene expansion-contraction dynamics and evolutionary history of North American Coastal Plain freshwater biota.

BACKGROUND: Climatic and sea-level fluctuations throughout the last Pleistocene glacial cycle (~130-0 ka) profoundly influenced present-day distributions and genetic diversity of Northern Hemisphere biotas by forcing range contractions in many species during the glacial advance and allowing expansion following glacial retreat ('expansion-contraction' model). Evidence for such range dynamics and refugia in the unglaciated Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain stems largely from terrestrial species, and aquatic species Pleistocene responses remain relatively uninvestigated. Heterandria formosa, a wide-ranging regional endemic, presents an ideal system to test the expansion-contraction model within this biota. By integrating ecological niche modeling and phylogeography, we infer the Pleistocene history of this livebearing fish (Poeciliidae) and test for several predicted distributional and genetic effects of the last glaciation. RESULTS: Paleoclimatic models predicted range contraction to a single southwest Florida peninsula refugium during the Last Glacial Maximum, followed by northward expansion. We inferred spatial-population subdivision into four groups that reflect genetic barriers outside this refuge. Several other features of the genetic data were consistent with predictions derived from an expansion-contraction model: limited intraspecific divergence (e.g. mean mtDNA p-distance = 0.66%); a pattern of mtDNA diversity (mean Hd = 0.934; mean π = 0.007) consistent with rapid, recent population expansion; a lack of mtDNA isolation-by-distance; and clinal variation in allozyme diversity with higher diversity at lower latitudes near the predicted refugium. Statistical tests of mismatch distributions and coalescent simulations of the gene tree lent greater support to a scenario of post-glacial expansion and diversification from a single refugium than to any other model examined (e.g. multiple-refugia scenarios). CONCLUSIONS: Congruent results from diverse data indicate H. formosa fits the classic Pleistocene expansion-contraction model, even as the genetic data suggest additional ecological influences on population structure. While evidence for Plio-Pleistocene Gulf Coast vicariance is well described for many freshwater species presently codistributed with H. formosa, this species demography and diversification departs notably from this pattern. Species-specific expansion-contraction dynamics may therefore have figured more prominently in shaping Coastal Plain evolutionary history than previously thought. Our findings bolster growing appreciation for the complexity of phylogeographical structuring within North America's southern refugia, including responses of Coastal Plain freshwater biota to Pleistocene climatic fluctuations.