Artigo Revisado por pares

Occurrence of juvenile Atlantic Lizardfish, Synoduas saurus (Linnaeus, 1758)(Pisces: Synodontidae) in the southeastern Adriatic Sea

2003; Volume: 44; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

ISSN

1846-0453

Autores

Pero Tutman, Nikša Glavić, Valter Kožul, Boško Skaramuca, Branko Glamuzina,

Tópico(s)

Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Resumo

Six juvenile Atlantic lizardfish, Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758 ; Pisces ; Synodontidae), a rare species in the Adriatic sea, were caught in three shallow bays (Gornji Molunat Bay, Gornje Celo Bay and Lopud Bay) in the southeastern Croatian Adriatic. These specimens are the first record of juveniles of this species in the shallow waters of the southeastern Adriatic. This paper reports on their morphological and meristic features. This occurrence of juveniles is circumstantial evidence of the expansion of this species into this part of the Adriatic.

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