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- Title
NORTH-EASTERNMOST RECORD OF HALOSAURUS OVENII (ACTINOPTERYGII: NOTACANTHIFORMES: HALOSAURIDAE) IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, WITH NOTES ON ITS BIOLOGY.
- Authors
Pais, Antonio; Merella, Paolo; Follesa, Maria Cristina; Motomura, Hiroyuki
- Abstract
A single adult female specimen of Halosaurus ovenii Johnson, 1864 was captured by trammel nets at a depth of about 200 m off the coast of Arbatax (Sardinia, Italy) in early April 2007. Macroscopic and microscopic analysis of the gonad showed a postspawning ovary. This is the fourth documented capture of this fish in the Mediterranean Sea, representing the north-easternmost record for this species in this geographic area. Furthermore, the present specimen was fished at the shallowest depth ever recorded before.
- Subjects
MEDITERRANEAN Sea; NOTACANTHIFORMES; FISH histology; GEOGRAPHICAL distribution of fishes; TRAMMEL netting; SPAWNING
- Publication
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2009, Vol 39, Issue 1, p33
- ISSN
0137-1592
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3750/AIP2009.39.1.06