Hernández et al. 2015 Pacific Science

04-2015
First records of striped boarfish Evistias acutirostris (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) and ornate butterflyfish Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 from Easter Island

Here we report on two new reef fish species from the remote and isolated Easter Island — the striped boarfish Evistias acutirostris and the ornate butterfly fish Chaetodon ornatissimus were observed during scuba dives and under water video around Easter Island, as well as at nearby Apolo Seamount. These observations are the first records of these species for the south eastern Pacific, which represents a major extension to their distributions and raises questions about the origins and persistence of reef fishes in remote subtropical locations.

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