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Acta Adriatica, Vol. 63 No. 1, 2022.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.63.1.7

New data on Trachipterus trachypterus Gmelin, 1789 and Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1820) (Pisces: Trachipteridae) from the Mediterranean Sea

Maria Giulia Stipa ; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Department of Marine Integrated Ecology, , c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167, Messina, Italy
Francesco Longo ; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Department of Marine Integrated Ecology, , c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167, Messina, Italy
Giovanni Aammendolia ; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Department of Marine Integrated Ecology, , c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167, Messina, Ita
Teresa Romeo ; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology,Sicily Marine Centre, Department of Marine Integrated Ecology, Via dei Mille, 44 Milazzo, Italy; ISPRA
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Abstract

In this paper we report data on four juvenile individuals of T. trachypterus and one adult of Z.
cristatus, from the Strait of Messina and southern Tyrrhenian Sea, respectively (Mediterranean
Sea). Information on morphometric and meristic characters are provided together with some
biological data such as prey and age estimation. Only stomachs of T. trachypterus contained prey:
copepods, amphypods and pelagic snails. The analysis of growth patterns in vertebrae of Z. cristatus
allowed to estimate an age of 4 years for this individual. We also combined our data together with
information from bibliographic sources and estimated the relationships between total length and
standard length, as well as total length and body mass, for these two species.

Keywords

Lampriformes; morphometric; length-mass relationship; prey; age; Mediterranean Sea

Hrčak ID:

281134

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/281134

Publication date:

8.8.2022.

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