Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.63.1.8

Slender snipe eel Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 (Pisces: Nemichthydae), a new member of the Adriatic Sea ichthyofauna

Dubravka Bojanić Varezić ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split, Croatia
Pero Tutman ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split, Croatia
Branko Dragičević ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split, Croatia
Sanja Matić-Skoko ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split, Croatia
Jakov Dulčić ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split, Croatia

Abstract

The paper reports the first record of Nemichthys scolopaceus leptocephalus in the Adriatic Sea,
including a detailed description of the specimen with morphometric measurements and meristic
counts. A single leptocephalus specimen was caught on 18th September 2016 in south Adriatic with
a small mid-water trawl at a depth of approx. 120 meters. Further research is needed to reveal more
information about the distribution and potential spawning and nursery areas of slender snipe eel as
well as the mechanism of retention and dispersion of their larvae in the Adriatic.

Keywords

anguilliform eel; deep-water species; leptocephali; leptocephalus

Hrčak ID:

281135

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/281135

Publication date:

8.8.2022.

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