First documented record of smalleye squaretail Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso, 1810 (Perciformes, Stromatoidea) along Calabrian coasts (Southern Italy, Central Mediterranean)

Authors

  • Alex CARNEVALE
  • Gianni GIGLIO
  • Francesco Luigi LEONETTI
  • Luca LANTERI
  • Concetta MILAZZO
  • Sandro TRIPEPI
  • Emilio SPERONE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.62.1.9

Keywords:

Tetragonurus cuvieri, biometrics, Calabria, Central Mediterranean, new record

Abstract

          The first record of Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso, 1810 off Calabrian coast (Southern Italy, Central Mediterranean) is reported. The specimen, a male of 361 mm total length, was found at a depth of 7 m during a scientific visual census research activity, in March 2017. The sighting was located off the Tyrrhenian coast of Calabria (Paola: 39.355453N, 16.029192E). The present finding represents the 1st documented record for the Tyrrhenian coast of the Calabria region.

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Published

15.06.2021

Issue

Vol. 62 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Short communication

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