Presence of the Guinean puffer Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838) in the Mediterranean Sea |
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| Authors: | M. Vacchi,&dagger ,S. Bussotti,&Dagger ,A. M. Miglietta,§ P. Guidetti,&Dagger |
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| Affiliation: | ICRAM c/o Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, University of Genoa, 16132 Genova, Italy;, Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Lecce, 73100 Lecce, Italy; and Marine Biology Station, University of Lecce, 73100 Lecce, Italy |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
The collection of a single specimen of the Guinean puffer Sphoeroides marmoratus from the Ionian Sea in September 1977, misidentified at that time as Lagocephalus lagocephalus , shows that this subtropical species of fish has occurred in the Mediterranean Sea from 30 years ago. |
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| Keywords: | Guinean puffer Mediterranean Sea Sphoeroides marmoratus |
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