The occurrence ofAcanthurus monroviae(Perciformes: Acanthuridae) in the south-western Atlantic, with comments on other eastern Atlantic reef fishes occurring in Brazil.

The presence of‘vagrants’ of the eastern Atlantic surgeonfishAcanthurus monroviae is confirmed for the south-eastern coast of Brazil. Three other species,Aulostomus strigosus(Aulostomidae),Parablennius pilicornis(Blenniidae) andEpinephelus marginatus(Serranidae) have apparently also crossed the Atlantic from east to west, whereas the great majority of‘amphi-Atlantic’ species appears to have their origin in the western Atlantic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]