My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the recent publication of our article: Ramos EA, Castelblanco-Martínez DN, Garcia J, Rojas Arias J and others (2018) Lobomycosis-like disease in common bottlenose dolphinsTursiops truncatus from Belize and Mexico: bridging the gap between the Americas. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 128:1-12.https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03206 AbstractLobomycosis and lobomycosis-like diseases (LLD) (also: paracoccidioidomycosis) are chronic cutaneous infections that affect Delphinidae in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.In the Americas, these diseases have been relatively well-described, but gaps still exist in our understanding of their distribution across the continent. Here we report on LLD affecting inshore bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus from the Caribbean waters of Belize and from the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean off the southwestern coast of Mexico. Photo-identification and catalog data gathered between 1992 and 2017 for 371 and 41 individuals, respectively from Belize and Mexico, were examined for the presence of LLD. In Belize, 5 free-ranging and 1 stranded dolphin were found positive in at least 3 communities with the highest prevalence in the south. In Guerrero, Mexico, 4 inshore bottlenose dolphins sighted in 2014−2017 were affected by LLD. These data highlight the need for histological and molecular studies to confirm the etiological agent. Additionally, we document a single case of LLD in an adult Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis in southern Belize, the first report in this species. The role of environmental and anthropogenic factors in the occurrence, severity, and epidemiology of LLD in South and Central America requires further investigation. Please email me (eric.angel.ramos@gmail.com) for a pdf version of the article or access it here with subscriber login here: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/dao/v128/n1/p1-12/ Best, ____________________________________ Eric Angel Ramos, PhD StudentAnimal Behavior & Comparative PsychologyThe Graduate Center, City University of New YorkMember of IUCN SSC Sirenia Specialist Group for Mesoamericaeric.angel.ramos@gmail.com eramos@gradcenter.cuny.edutwitter: @EricAngelRamoscell (US): 1(347) 336-5567cell (BZ): 501 607-0462