Open AccessFirst Record of the Bermuda Sea Chub, <I>Kyphosus Saltatrix</I> (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Kyphosidae), in the Coastal Waters of Libya
Author(s) -
Houssein Elbaraasi,
Osama Bograra,
Osama Elsilini,
Jalal Bojwari
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta ichthyologica et piscatoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1734-1515
pISSN - 0137-1592
DOI - 10.3750/aip2013.43.3.09
Subject(s) - actinopterygii , perciformes , fishery , oceanography , geography , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , geology
In this paper, we report the first record of Bermuda sea chub, Kyphosus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) caught off the coast of Benghazi, Libya. Its occurrence adds to the increasing rate of detections of this species in the south of the Mediterranean during the last decade.
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