GonzÁlez-Murcia SaÚl, Álvarez-calderÓn Francisco Samuel, Alvarado-Larios Raquel, MarÍn-martÍnez Cindy Marlene, Angulo Arturo
UDP Ciencias Neotropicales, Pasaje Francisco Campos #166, Colonia Escalón, San Salvador..
Zootaxa. 2019 Feb 20;4559(2):281-313. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.4.
The ichthyology collection at the Natural History Museum of El Salvador (MUHNES) was established in 1970. Herein, we provide the first quantitative and qualitative description of the collection; and the first public record of the specimens and taxa therein represented. The MUHNES fish collection is the largest and most important of El Salvador, hosting 3791 specimens in 1005 lots representing 26 orders, 75 families, 159 genera and 248 species from both marine and freshwater environments, including larval, juvenile and mainly adult specimens. MUHNES specimens include 39% of the 587 species reported in the official national checklist of fishes of El Salvador, and support the inclusion of 47 additional species for a new total of 634. Furthermore, MUHNES specimens support (1) the occurrence of Cathorops fuerthii along the coast of El Salvador, extending its distribution from northern Costa Rica; (2) the occurrence of Atherinella starksi in El Salvador, reducing a gap for records between Nicaragua and México and (3) the extension in the distribution range of Profundulus kreiseri to Morazán, El Salvador. This study represents an advance on the understanding of diversity and distribution of the national ichthyofauna.
萨尔瓦多自然历史博物馆（MUHNES）的鱼类学藏品于1970年建立。在此，我们首次对该藏品进行了定量和定性描述；并首次公开记录了其中所代表的标本和分类单元。MUHNES鱼类藏品是萨尔瓦多最大且最重要的藏品，包含1005批共3791个标本，代表了来自海洋和淡水环境的26目、75科、159属和248种鱼类，包括幼体、 juveniles和主要为成体的标本。MUHNES标本包括萨尔瓦多官方鱼类国家清单中报告的587种鱼类中的39%，并支持新增47种鱼类，使总数达到634种。此外，MUHNES标本支持以下几点：（1）Cathorops fuerthii在萨尔瓦多沿海的出现，将其分布范围从哥斯达黎加北部扩展；（2）Atherinella starksi在萨尔瓦多的出现，缩小了尼加拉瓜和墨西哥之间的记录空白；（3）Profundulus kreiseri的分布范围扩展到萨尔瓦多的莫拉桑。这项研究代表了对该国鱼类区系多样性和分布理解的一个进步。
