Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 40(2): 109-111, doi: 10.3750/AIP2010.40.2.03
First record of the burrowing goby, Trypauchen vagina (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae: Amblyopinae), in the Mediterranean
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Citation: Salameh P, Sonin O, Golani D (2010) First record of the burrowing goby, Trypauchen vagina (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae: Amblyopinae), in the Mediterranean. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 40(2): 109-111. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2010.40.2.03
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Abstract
The burrowing goby, Trypauchen vagina,is recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean. It is believed that it reached the Mediterranean from the Red Sea, despite the lack of a record from there, due to its well documented presence in the Arabian Gulf.
Keywords
Trypauchen vagina, Mediterranean, Lessepsian migration, first record