the present note describes the most north-west-ward record in the Mediterranean Sea of the bluespotted cornetfish, fistularia commersonii Ruppell, , and a further finding of the blunthead puffer fish, Sphoeroides pachygaster (Muller & Troschel, 1848). Morphometric and meristic characters of the two specimens collected are provided. The bluespotted cornetfish, a maturing male, was the largest specimen collected up to now in the mediterranean sea. The blunthead puffer fish was a juvenile male.
New findings of Fistularia commersonii (Ruppel, 1935) and Sphoeroides pachygaster (Muller & Troschel, 1848) in the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea.
DE RANIERI, STEFANO
2007-01-01
Abstract
the present note describes the most north-west-ward record in the Mediterranean Sea of the bluespotted cornetfish, fistularia commersonii Ruppell, , and a further finding of the blunthead puffer fish, Sphoeroides pachygaster (Muller & Troschel, 1848). Morphometric and meristic characters of the two specimens collected are provided. The bluespotted cornetfish, a maturing male, was the largest specimen collected up to now in the mediterranean sea. The blunthead puffer fish was a juvenile male.File in questo prodotto:
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