Open AccessThe northernmost record of the blue-spotted cornetfish from the Mediterranean Sea
Author(s) -
Anna OcchipintiAmbrogi,
Bella S. Galil
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
mediterranean marine science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1791-6763
pISSN - 1108-393X
DOI - 10.12681/mms.139
Subject(s) - mediterranean sea , mediterranean climate , geography , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , oceanography , deep blue , archaeology , biology , geology , chemistry , photochemistry
A school of Fistularia commersonii was sighted off Laigueglia (Italy), Northwestern Ligurian Sea, inAugust 2008. This fast spreading invasive Indo-Pacific fish was first recorded in the Mediterranean fromIsrael, and it has since spread clear across the sea. This is the northernmost record from the Mediterranean.