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- Title
First record of the lumpfish ( Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758) off the Algarve coast (southern Portugal): southward extension of the species distributional range.
- Authors
Vasconcelos, P.; Monteiro, C. C.; Santos, M. N.; Gaspar, M. B.
- Abstract
Reports on the discovery of the presence of Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758 or lumpfish or lumpsucker off the Algarve coast in southern Portugal. Characteristic of the lumpfish species; Comparison of the main morphometric parameters and respective body proportions of the discovered fish with the weight ranges and body proportions reported by other authors who systematically described the species; Reason for the rarity of the species in the southern Bay of Biscay and along the coast of Portugal.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; LUMPFISH; CYCLOPTERUS; CYCLOPTERIDAE; FISH weight; FISH behavior; FISHES
- Publication
Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2004, Vol 20, Issue 2, p159
- ISSN
0175-8659
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1439-0426.2003.00531.x