Short Communication, J Mar Biol Oceanogr Vol: 4 Issue: 1
Association between Juvenile Carangid Fish with the Jellyfish Aurelia Sp. and a Floating Plastic Bag
Carvalho Souza GF* |
Federal University of Bahia, Rua Barão de Geremoabo, s/n, Ondina, CEP 40171-970, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
Corresponding author : Gustavo Freire de Carvalho-Souza Federal University of Bahia, Rua BarĂ?£o de Geremoabo, s/n, Ondina, CEP 40171-970, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil E-mail: gustavofcsouza@yahoo.com.br |
Received: March 28, 2015 Accepted: June 01, 2015 Published: June 06, 2015 |
Citation: Carvalho Souza GF (2015) Association between Juvenile Carangid Fish with the Jellyfish Aurelia Sp. and a Floating Plastic Bag. J Mar Biol Oceanogr 4:1. doi:10.4172/2324-8661.1000142 |
Abstract
Association between Juvenile Carangid Fish with the Jellyfish Aurelia Sp. and a Floating Plastic Bag
Understanding how juveniles of the commercially important carangid species are associated with floating substrata is important to surveys aimed at potential effects on fisheries, species-habitats relationships and human impacts. Herein, the first record of association between the juvenile carangid fishes Caranx crysos, the jellyfish, Aurelia sp. and a floating plastic bag is reported in tropical rocky shores, northeastern Brazil.