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First record of the dog snapper Lutjanus jocu in the Mediterranean Sea
Author(s) -
Vacchi M.,
Psomadakis P. N.,
Repetto N.,
Würtz M.
Publication year - 2010
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.1095-8649.2009.02505.x
Subject(s) - biology , mediterranean sea , fishery , mediterranean climate , oceanography , ecology , geology
The capture of a single specimen of the dog snapper Lutjanus jocu from the Ligurian Sea (north‐west Mediterranean Sea) in November 2005 is reported. This finding constitutes the first record of this species from the Mediterranean Sea.