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Record of a live sharksucker, Echeneis naucrates (Osteichthyes: Echeneidae) from the south-eastern Adriatic (Croatian coast)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2009

Daria Skaramuca ,
Boško Skaramuca  and
Jakov Dulčić
Daria Skaramuca
Affiliation:
Department of Aquaculture, University of Dubrovnik, Ćire Carića 4, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Boško Skaramuca
Affiliation:
Department of Aquaculture, University of Dubrovnik, Ćire Carića 4, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Jakov Dulčić*
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, POB 5000, 21000 Split, Croatia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Jakov Dulčić, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, POB 5000, 21000 Split, Croatia email: dulcic@izor.hr
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Abstract

On 23 July 2007 a very rare specimen of the live sharksucker Echeneis naucrates was caught in the Ombla River near Dubrovnik, in the south-eastern Adriatic. First data on biometric lengths and morphology of this species are presented for the eastern Adriatic.

Keywords

sharksuckerEcheneis naucratesS.E. Adriatic
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e80
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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