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Second record of the toadfish Chaunax suttkusi Caruso, 1989 in the Mediterranean Sea
Author(s) -
Ragonese S.,
Giusto G. B.,
Caruso J. H.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb00515.x
Subject(s) - toadfish , biology , mediterranean climate , fishery , mediterranean sea , oceanography , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , geology
A 146 mm, 48 g toadfish Chaunax suttkusi Caruso, 1989 was caught in January 2000 by a commercial bottom trawler o. the Northern Tunisian coast. This is the second record of C. suttkusi in the Mediterranean, caught about 50 km west of the first, 3 years later.