Preliminary communication

https://doi.org/10.17818/NM/2017/3.2

Records of New Fish Species in the River Neretva Estuary: Potential Threat to Coastal Adriatic Nursery

Branko Glamuzina orcid.org/0000-0002-5066-4599 ; University of Dubrovnik Department of Aquaculture Dubrovnik, Croatia
Vlasta Bartulović orcid.org/0000-0001-7450-3741 ; University of Dubrovnik Department of Aquaculture Dubrovnik, Croatia
Luka Glamuzina ; Opuzen, Croatia
Tatjana Dobroslavić orcid.org/0000-0003-3805-3186 ; University of Dubrovnik Department of Aquaculture Dubrovnik, Croatia

Abstract

Specimens of the three new fish species were recorded during 2015 and 2016 in the River Neretva Estuary. These species are: White trevally, Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch and Schneider, 1801), Pilotfish, Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758) and White grouper, Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint–Hilaire, 1817). The characteristics of caught specimens and their history of records in Adriatic Sea are described. Potential
impact of new species invasion in the Neretva Estuary as a major Eastern Adriatic nursery habitat is discussed.

Keywords

White trevally; Pilotfish; White grouper; impact; Neretva Estuary

Hrčak ID:

188377

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/188377

Publication date:

2.11.2017.

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