Acta Adriatica, Vol. 56 No. 2, 2015.
Short communication, Note
New record of the blue jack mackerel, Trachurus picturatus T. E. Bowdich, 1825 (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) from the Northern Adriatic Sea
Luca Bolognini
orcid.org/0000-0001-6319-6723
; Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR) – CNR, Ancona, Italy
Filippo Domenichetti
; Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR) – CNR, Ancona, Italy
Fabio Grati
; Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR) – CNR, Ancona, Italy
Piero Polidori
; Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR) – CNR, Ancona, Italy
Giuseppe Scarcella
; Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR) – CNR, Ancona, Italy
Gianna Fabi
; Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR) – CNR, Ancona, Italy
Abstract
The observation of a new species in a new area represents the first opportunity to follow and study the dynamics of colonization and understand how a new species arrives, what are its movements and its potential impact. The discovery of a large number of species outside their usual area of distribution is probably the most important reason for the increase in perceived biodiversity of the Adriatic ichthyofauna. A total of 4 specimens of T. picturatus were caught in the period May-June 2011 in the surroundings of an offshore gas platform in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Scientific literature depicts this species as rare in the Adriatic Sea, indicating and suggesting the Pomo Pit (Central Adriatic Sea) as the Northern latitudinal limit of its distribution. On this basis, this paper reports the first record of T. picturatus in the Northern Adriatic basin, suggesting an expansion of its spatial distribution.
Keywords
Trachurus picturatus; Carangidae; new record; northern Adriatic; expansion
Hrčak ID:
152262
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2015.
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