North-easternmost record of Halosaurus ovenii (Actinopterygii: Notacanthiformes: Halosauridae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with notes on its biology
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| Date | 2009 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Pais Antonio1, Merella Paolo2, Follesa Maria Cristina3, Motomura Hiroyuki4 | ||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Univ Sassari, Dipartimento Sci Zootecn, Sez Acquacoltura & Gest Risorse Acquat, I-07100 Sassari, Italy. 2 : Univ Sassari, Dipartimento Biol Anim, Sez Parassitol & Malattie Parassitarie, I-07100 Sassari, Italy. 3 : Univ Cagliari, Dipartimento Biol Anim & Ecol, I-09126 Cagliari, Italy. 4 : Kagoshima Univ Museum, Kagoshima 8900065, Japan. |
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| Source | Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria (0137-1592) (Wydawnictwo Akad Rolniczej W Szczecinie), 2009 , Vol. 39 , N. 1 , P. 33-37 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.3750/AIP2009.39.1.06 | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 3 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Halosaurus ovenii, new record, Mediterranean, Sardinia | ||||||||
| Abstract | A single adult female specimen of Halosaurus ovenii Johnson, 1864 was captured by trammel nets at a depth of about 200 in off the coast of Arbatax (Sardinia, Italy) in early April 2007. Macroscopic and microscopic analysis of the gonad showed a postspawning ovary. This is the fourth documented capture of this fish in the Mediterranean Sea, representing the north-easternmost record for this species in this geographic area. Furthermore, the present specimen was fished at the shallowest depth ever recorded before. | ||||||||
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