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https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.63.1.13

First record of the Armoured searobin Peristedion cataphractum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scorpaenoidei: Peristediidae) from the northwestern coast of Algeria

Abdenour Kheloufi orcid.org/0000-0002-4928-349X ; Department of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, University of Batna 2, 05078 Batna, Algeria

Abstract

African Armoured searobin, Peristedion cataphractum, (Peristediidae), is recorded for the first
time from the Algerian Northwest coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Oran (35°50’N, 0°31’W) at 30-40
depth. Only two specimens were captured. Fish individuals were identified and morphometric
measurements were recorded.

Keywords

Armed gurnard; Fishing; Mediterranean Sea; Malarmat; Trawls fishing

Hrčak ID:

281145

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/281145

Publication date:

8.8.2022.

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