Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 36(1): 77-79, doi: 10.3750/AIP2006.36.1.11
First record of Psenes pellucidus (Perciformes, Actinopterygii) in the Sardinian waters (central western Mediterranean)
expand article infoM.C. Follesa, S. Cabiddu, A. Sabatini, A. Cau
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Abstract
Background. The first record of Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880, (Nomeidae) in Sardinian waters (Central western Mediterranean) is reported. The present finding appears to be an interesting stage of transformation from the juvenile to the more elongate form of an adult.
Keywords
fish, zoogeography, thermophilic species, Psenes pellucidus, first record, Sardinia, central western Mediterranean