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About the record of Salaria basilisca (Pisces: Blenniidae) in the Adriatic Sea, in 1874

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2009

J. Dulčić*
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, PO Box 500, 21000 Split, Croatia
H. Ahnelt
Affiliation:
University of Vienna, Institute of Zoology, Department of Comparative Anatomy & Morphololy, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
A. Pallaoro
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, PO Box 500, 21000 Split, Croatia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Dulčić, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište Ivana Meštravića 63, PO Box 500, 21000 Split, Croatia email: dulcic@izor.hr
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Abstract

The record in the northern Adriatic Sea in 1874 of a specimen of the Salaria basilisca is discussed. This northernmost record for the Mediterranean area is confirmed by analysing the specimen from the Natural History Museum of Vienna.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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