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https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.59.2.9

First records of Madeira rockfish Scorpaena maderensis (Osteichthyes: Scorpaenidae) from the Tunisian coast (central Mediterranean)

Sihem Rafrafi-Nouira ; Laboratoire de Bio-surveillance de l’Environnement, Unité d’Hydrobiologie Littorale et Limnique, Université de Carthage, Faculté des Sciences, Zarzouna, 7021 Bizerte, Tunisia
Daniel Golani ; Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
Chrisitan Capapé ; Laboratoire d’Ichtyologie, case 104, Université de Montpellier, 34 095 Montpellier cedex 5, France

Abstract

The authors present the first records of Madeira rockfish Scorpaena maderensis Valenciennes,1833 from the Tunisian coast (central Mediterranean). The specimens are described including morphometric measurements and meristic counts. The origin of the species in its new living area is discussed and commented. However, these new findings confirm the establishment of a viable population of S. maderensis in central Mediterranean.

Keywords

Osteichthyes; Scorpaenidae; Scorpaena maderensis; Tunisia; population; central Mediterranean

Hrčak ID:

215104

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/215104

Publication date:

20.12.2018.

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