A Survey of the Marine Fishes of Fiji

该项目的目的是对斐济的鱼类进行为期两年的密集抽样方案。该项目的数据将与以前收集的信息结合起来，以建立现有物种的全面清单，并提供有关物种栖息地和生物群落特征的信息。尽管斐济位于支持世界上最多样化的珊瑚礁鱼类区系的区域内，但其鱼类并不为人所知，对斐济群岛鱼类多样性的估计也被严重低估。收集工作将集中在珊瑚礁和岸鱼上，并包括在珊瑚礁、红树林、海草床、泥滩以及岩石和沙质海岸进行采样。除了在30米或更深的地方使用潜水器进行采集外，还将使用闭路呼吸技术在120米的深度进行鱼的试点采样。标本将在野外拍摄，并送回夏威夷大学鉴定。收集的鱼类标本将用于未来的系统和生物地理研究，并将提供关于生物多样性、栖息地特性和印度-太平洋海洋群落特征的信息。将开发一个关于斐济鱼类的交互式、可搜索的数据库系统。该数据库将包含每个分类群的基本分类数据(作者、模式标本的位置、同义词)、鉴定的主要参考资料、诊断特征、分布信息、照片和主要博物馆收藏的斐济标本清单。作为后续项目，计划出版一本关于斐济鱼类的书。

The purpose of this project is to conduct an intensive two-year sampling program of the fishes of Fiji. Data from this project will be combined with information from previous collections to establish a comprehensive list of the species present and provide information on the habitats of the species and characteristics of the biological communities. Although Fiji lies within the region supporting the most diverse coral-reef fish fauna in the world, its fishes are not well known and estimates of the diversity of fishes inhabiting the Fiji Islands are grossly underestimated.Collecting efforts will concentrate on reef and shore fishes, and include sampling in reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, mud flats, and rocky and sandy shores. In addition to making collections using SCUBA at depths of 30 meters or less, a pilot sampling of fishes will be conducted to a depth of 120 meters using closed circuit rebreather technology. Specimens will be photographed in the field and returned to the University of Hawaii for identification.The fish specimens collected will be available for future systematic and biogeographic studies, and will provide information on biodiversity, habitat specificity, and characteristics of Indo-Pacific marine communities. An interactive, searchable database system on the fishes of Fiji will be developed. The database will contain basic taxonomic data for each taxon (authorship, location of type specimen, synonyms), major references for identification, diagnostic characteristics, distributional information, photographs, and listings of major museum holdings of specimens from Fiji. A book on the fishes of Fiji is planned as a follow-up project.