Short communication, Note

First record of agujon needlefish, Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810) (Osteichthyes: Belonidae) in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea

Barbara ZORICA ; Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, P. O. Box 500, 21 000 Split, Hrvatska
Vanja ČIKEŠ KEČ ; Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, P. O. Box 500, 21 000 Split, Hrvatska
Armin PALLAORO ; Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, P. O. Box 500, 21 000 Split, Hrvatska
Kristijan ZANKI ; Sardina d.o.o., Ratac 1, 21410 Postira
Goran BRZULJA ; Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, P. O. Box 500, 21 000 Split, Hrvatska
Viktor KRALJEVIĆ ; Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, P. O. Box 500, 21 000 Split, Hrvatska

Abstract

Commercial purse seiner collected one specimen of the agujon needlefish, Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810), during its fishing activity on 17 July 2015 in the open sea area out off Mljet island (42º 41.9′ N; 17 º 18.1′ E, depth 120 m). Total length and weight of collected female specimen was 111.4 cm and 2048.11 g, respectively. Although this species was previously recorded exclusively entering the area of southern Adriatic Sea (Montenegro-Budva and Italy- Bari), this was its first appearance in the upper Adriatic and within Croatian fishing grounds.

Keywords

Belonidae; Tylosurus; Adriatic Sea

Hrčak ID:

162308

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/162308

Publication date:

28.6.2016.

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