Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.60.2.9

First confirmed record of Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the Ionian Sea with notes on habitat and distribution

Francesco Tiralongo orcid.org/0000-0002-1625-0149 ; Ente Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Avola, Italy
Ioannis Giovos ; iSea, Environmental Organization for the Preservation of the Aquatic Ecosystems, Thessaloniki, Greece
Giuseppina Messina ; Ente Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Avola, Italy
Daniele Tibullo ; Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Italy
Bianca Maria Lombardo ; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Abstract

Two specimens of the common goby (Pomatoschistus microps) were observed in the estuarine environment of the River Asinaro (Sicily). These records represent the easternmost and southernmost observations of the species in the Mediterranean Sea, and the first confirmed record in the Ionian Sea (central Mediterranean Sea). We also provide notes about its habitat and current distribution in the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords

gobies; Mediterranean Sea; estuarine environment; brackish waters; river

Hrčak ID:

231321

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/231321

Publication date:

27.12.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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