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Painted comber, Serranus scriba (L. 1758), in the Trogir Bay area (eastern mid-Adriatic)

Background and Purpose: Painted comber, Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758), is a subtropical species, which is found in the Eastern Atlantic and in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. The aim of this study was to report the data on the painted comber morphometric and meristic characteristics in the Adriatic Sea, as until now they have not been systematically studied. Material and Methods: Samples of 253 painted comber individuals were monthly caught as by-catch species of the small costal trawl between June 2001 and May 2002 in the Trogir Bay area (eastern mid-Adriatic). In order to analysed biometry of the species, fifteen morphometric and eight meristic characters were measured. Results and Conclusions: Total length of painted comber specimens ranged between 7.1 and 20.0 cm, the mean value was 11.0± ; 1.700 cm. Comparison of the obtained morphometric and meristic characters with the same ones that were published earlier, did not show differences between painted comber populations inhabiting Adriatic, different parts of the Mediterranean areas (including the Black Sea) and the eastern Atlantic.

Serranus scriba; biometry; Adriatic Sea

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