RESEARCH ARTICLE

An update to the inventory of reef-fishes for Colombia's Caribbean mainland coast with a catalog of photographic vouchers

Carlos J. Estape, Allison Morgan Estape, D. Ross Robertson, Ernesto Pena & Alasdair G. Dunlap-Smith

Between 20 June and 2 September 2023, Carlos Estape (CJE) & Allison Morgan Estape (AME) photo-documented reef fishes found along Colombia's Caribbean mainland coast, in and around Tayrona National Natural Park (Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona) and Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park (Parque Nacional Natural Corales del Rosario y de San Bernardo) in the region around Cartagena and Santa Marta. Here we present our findings, which include in-situ underwater photo vouchers of 316 species. Thirteen species are first records for anywhere along Colombia's Caribbean mainland coast and voucher photographs are presented and 7 species were photographed underwater for the first time within their entire range in the Greater Caribbean.

CITATION:

Estape, C.J., Morgan Estape, A., Robertson, D.R., Pena, E. & Dunlap-Smith, A.G. (2025) An update to the inventory of reef-fishes for Colombia's Caribbean mainland coast with a catalog of photographic vouchers. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 43, 45-66.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16891444

publication date: 26 August 2025