On the occurrence of Cheilopogon furcatus in the Mediterranean Sea |
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| Authors: | J. Ben Souissi&dagger ,D. Golani&Dagger ,H. Mejri, C. Capapé § |
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| Affiliation: | Département des Ressources animales, halieutiques et des Technologies Agro alimentaires, Institut national agronomique de Tunisie, 43 avenue Charles Nicolle, CitéMahrajène, 1082 Tunis, Tunisia;, Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel and; Laboratoire d'Ichtyologie, case 104, UniversitéMontpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 34095 Montpellier cedex 05, France |
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| Abstract: | The spotfin flyingfish Cheilopogon furcatus is recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, near Zarzis, in the Gulf of Gabès, southern Tunisia. This record is probably due to migration from the eastern Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar. |
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| Keywords: | Atlantic migration Exocoetidae Mediterranean Sea Tunisia |
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