Confirmed occurrence of the Cusk-eel Ophidion barbatum (Osteichthyes: Ophidiidae) from the Coast of Tunisia (Central Mediterranean) |
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| Authors: | S. Rafrafi-Nouira D. Golani C. Capapé |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Laboratoire de Bio-Surveillance de l’Environnement, Unité d’Hydrobiologie Littorale et Limnique,Université de Carthage, Faculté des Sciences,Zarzouna, Bizerte,Tunisia;2.Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,Jerusalem,Israel;3.Laboratoire d’Ichtyologie, case 104,Université de Montpellier,Montpellier,France |
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| Abstract: | This paper reports the second record but also the first substantiated record of cusk-eel Ophidion barbatum (Linnaeus, 1758) from the northern coast of Tunisia, 168 mm in total length and weighing 18.3 g. The specimen is described including morphometric measurements and counts. Differences from its close relative species O. rochei (Linnaeus, 1758) are pointed out that confirm the occurrence of O barbatum in the Tunisian waters. This finding constitutes the northernmost extension range of the species in the area. |
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