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First record of the unicorn leatherjacket Aluterus monoceros (Pisces: Monacanthidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2009

Javier Guallart  and
Jose Juan Vicent
Javier Guallart*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Zoología, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
Jose Juan Vicent
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Zoología, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Guallart, Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Zoología, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain email: javier.guallart@uv.es
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Abstract

In March 2000 a 384 mm SL adult male specimen of the unicorn leatherjacket Aluterus monoceros was captured off the Chafarinas Islands (south-western Mediterranean). This report increases the list of fish species recently found for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Chafarinas IslandsAlboran Seasea warmingclimate change

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e103
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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