Short communication, Note

Range extension for crested oarfish Lophotus lacepede Giorna, 1809 in the waters of the northern Aegean Sea, Greece

George Minos orcid.org/0000-0002-2980-7970 ; Department of Aquaculture & Fisheries Technology, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Nea Moudania, Greece
Theofanis Karidas ; Department of Aquaculture & Fisheries Technology, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Nea Moudania, Greece
Panos S. Economidis ; Karakasi 79, GR-54453, Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract

On September 20th 2011, a rather large specimen of 134 cm total length (mature, female), weighing 6974 g, of the rare crested oarfish Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809, was obtained from a
fisherman fishing off Halkidiki Peninsula, north Aegean Sea (Greece). This capture represents the northernmost record in the Aegean Sea for one of the scarcest species in Eastern Mediterranean.

Keywords

Lophotus lacepede; crested oarfish; Aegean Sea

Hrčak ID:

152259

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/152259

Publication date:

15.12.2015.

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