Acta Adriatica, Vol. 63 No. 1, 2022.
Short communication, Note
https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.63.1.13
First record of the Armoured searobin Peristedion cataphractum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scorpaenoidei: Peristediidae) from the northwestern coast of Algeria
Abdenour Kheloufi
orcid.org/0000-0002-4928-349X
; Department of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, University of Batna 2, 05078 Batna, Algeria
Abstract
African Armoured searobin, Peristedion cataphractum, (Peristediidae), is recorded for the first
time from the Algerian Northwest coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Oran (35°50’N, 0°31’W) at 30-40
depth. Only two specimens were captured. Fish individuals were identified and morphometric
measurements were recorded.
Keywords
Armed gurnard; Fishing; Mediterranean Sea; Malarmat; Trawls fishing
Hrčak ID:
281145
URI
Publication date:
8.8.2022.
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