Email this article Confirmed occurrence of the Cusk-eel Ophidion barbatum (Osteichthyes: Ophidiidae) from the Coast of Tunisia (Central Mediterranean)
- Authors: Rafrafi-Nouira S.1, Golani D.2, Capapé C.3
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Affiliations:
- Laboratoire de Bio-Surveillance de l’Environnement, Unité d’Hydrobiologie Littorale et Limnique
- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
- Laboratoire d’Ichtyologie, case 104
- Issue: Vol 58, No 3 (2018)
- Pages: 428-431
- Section: Short Communications
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0032-9452/article/view/167809
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S003294521803013X
- ID: 167809
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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.
About the authors
S. Rafrafi-Nouira
Laboratoire de Bio-Surveillance de l’Environnement, Unité d’Hydrobiologie Littorale et Limnique
Email: capape@univ-montp2.fr
Tunisia, Zarzouna, Bizerte, 7021
D. Golani
Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Email: capape@univ-montp2.fr
Israel, Jerusalem, 91904
C. Capapé
Laboratoire d’Ichtyologie, case 104
Author for correspondence.
Email: capape@univ-montp2.fr
France, Montpellier, 34095
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