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A new record of Kyphosus saltatrix (Pisces: Kyphosidae) along the Italian coasts (north-western Mediterranean)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2011

Alessandro Ligas ,
Paolo Sartor ,
Mario Sbrana  and
Stefano De Ranieri
Alessandro Ligas*
Affiliation:
Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata ‘G. Bacci’, viale N. Sauro 4, I-57128 Livorno, Italy
Paolo Sartor
Affiliation:
Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata ‘G. Bacci’, viale N. Sauro 4, I-57128 Livorno, Italy
Mario Sbrana
Affiliation:
Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata ‘G. Bacci’, viale N. Sauro 4, I-57128 Livorno, Italy
Stefano De Ranieri
Affiliation:
Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata ‘G. Bacci’, viale N. Sauro 4, I-57128 Livorno, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Ligas, Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia, Applicata ‘G. Bacci’, viale N. Sauro 4, I-57128 Livorno, Italy email: ligas@cibm.it
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Abstract

A new capture of Kyphosus saltatrix in the eastern Ligurian Sea confirms the increasing presence of this species in the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords

Kyphosus saltatrixLigurian SeaMediterranean
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e6
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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