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A systematic and zoogeographical checklist of fishes associated to mangrove biotopes of the Baja California Peninsula (BCP), with notes on their zoogeography, is provided on the basis of records of literature and verified voucher specimen housed in fish collections. A total of 228 species grouped in two classes, 23 orders, 72 families and 147 genera, comprise the fish diversity from the mangrove ecosystems of the BCP. The class Actinopterigyii (208 spp) and the order Perciformes (125 spp) were the most representative taxa, where the Haemulidae, Sciaenidae, Gobiidae and Carangidae families, clustered more than 50% of the ichthyofauna of this order. The zoogeographic affinities by provinces: Cortez (84%), Mexican (73%), Panamic (70.3%) and Sandiegan (61.2%), result of a mixture of fish species from temperate and tropical derivation. The fish diversity reported here, highlights the important role of the mangrove biotopes of the BCP as primary habitat or nursery ground (for feeding and spawning) for many marine species during some phase of their biological cycle, contributing with the growth, recruitment and conservation of species with commercial or ecological value 

Palabras clave: Fish diversity; Baja California península; mangrove ecosystems; taxonomy; conservation

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