Naslov
First record of the large-scaled goby, Thorogobius macrolepis (Pisces: Gobiidae), in Italian seas

Autori
Guidetti, Paolo ; Bussotti, Simona ; Kovačić, Marcelo

Izvornik
Thalassia salentina (0563-3745) 29 (2006); 41-45

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Ključne riječi
Thorogobius macrolepis; first record; Gobiidae

Sažetak
The first record of the large-scaled goby, Thorogobius macrolepis, in the Italian seas is here reported. This goby was observed in deep waters (below 25 m depth) on coarse-organogenous sand patches within coralligenous formations in SE Apulia (southern Adriatic and Ionian Seas ; density 0.1-1 ind. 100 m-2) and at the Tremiti Archipelago (central Adriatic Sea ; ~2 ind. 100 m-2). These findings suggest that the distribution of T. macrolepis could be far wider in the Mediterranean than previously thought. The lack of previous records in the Italian waters is thus more likely to be due to the scarcity of experts able to identify small gobids than to the actual rarity of the species in the past.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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