Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.61.1.9

On the occurrence of the wreckfish Polyprion americanusin the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea)

Nicola Bettoso ; ARPA FVG, Via A. La Marmora 13, 34139 Trieste, Italy
Lisa Faresi ; ARPA FVG, Via A. La Marmora 13, 34139 Trieste, Italy
Alessandro Felluga ; ARPA FVG, Via A. La Marmora 13, 34139 Trieste, Italy
Lovrenc Lipej ; Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia

Abstract

On 3rd June 2018 three juvenile specimens of Polyprion americanus were captured in the Gulf of Trieste. The wreckfish is a long-lived deep-water demersal species characterized by an extended pelagic juvenile phase. The juvenile forms are recurrently recorded in the northern Adriatic and due to data deficiency for this species, original morphometric data are shown. The occurrence of P. americanus in the Gulf of Trieste is not a typical case of thermophilic species moving northward due to Mediterranean tropicalization, rather its recurrent appearance could be investigated for specific hydrological conditions coupled to its peculiar life span.

Keywords

Polyprion americanus; morphometric data; pelagic phase; Gulf of Trieste; Adriatic Sea

Hrčak ID:

240399

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/240399

Publication date:

30.6.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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